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  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2023</B></FONT></P>
  
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  STATES </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P>
  
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  D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt"><B>FORM
  S-8&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>UNDER
  </I></B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></FONT></P>
  
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 14pt"><B>Verde
  Clean Fuels, Inc. </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact
  name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 49%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 49%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>85-1863331</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(State
  or other jurisdiction<BR>
  of incorporation)</B></FONT></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(IRS
      Employer</B></FONT></P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Identification
      No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>600
      Travis Street</B></FONT></P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Suite
      5050</B></FONT></P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Houston,
      Texas</B></FONT></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>77002</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(Address
      of principal executive offices)</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(Zip
      Code)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Verde
  Clean Fuels, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(Full
  title of the plan)</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Ernest
  Miller</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Chief
  Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Verde
  Clean Fuels, Inc. </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>600
  Travis Street</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Suite
  5050</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Houston,
  Texas 77002</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(469)
  398-2200</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(Name,
  address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Copies
  to: </I></B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Debbie
  P. Yee, P.C.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Anne
  G. Peetz</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Kirkland
  &amp; Ellis LLP</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>609
  Main St</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Houston,
  TX 77002 </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(713)
  836-3600&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Indicate
  by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
  company, or emerging growth company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller
  reporting company&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 45%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Large
      accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 45%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated
      filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated
      filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9746;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Smaller
      reporting company</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9746;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Emerging
      growth company</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9746;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">If
  an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
  with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9746;</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>PART
  I </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
  1. Plan Information. </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
  documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered in accordance with Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act. Such
  documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<B><I>Commission</I></B>&rdquo;),
  either as part of this registration statement (the &ldquo;<B><I>Registration Statement</I></B>&rdquo;) or as prospectuses or prospectus
  supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<B><I>Securities Act</I></B>&rdquo;). These
  documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of the Form S-8,
  taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
  2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
  written statement required by Item 2 of Part I is included in documents that will be delivered to participants in the plans covered by
  this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 428(b) of the Securities Act.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>PART
  II </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
  3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
  following documents, which have been filed with the Commission, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
  Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000121390023025539/f10k2022_verdeclean.htm">Form 10-K</A> (File No. 001-40743) (the &ldquo;<B><I>Form 10-K</I></B>&rdquo;) for the fiscal year ended
  December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on March 31, 2023;</FONT></TD>
  </TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
      Registrant&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40743) (other than information furnished rather than filed), filed with
      the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000121390023000903/ea171219-8k_cenaq.htm">January 4, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000121390023011573/ea173567-8k_cenaq.htm">February 14, 2023</A>, &nbsp;<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001841425/000121390023013297/ea173809-8k_verde.htm">February 21, 2023</A> (and the subsequent amendment thereto filed on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000121390023028072/ea175841-8ka1_verdeclean.htm">Form 8-K/A</A>
      on April 7, 2023) and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000121390023030260/ea177059-8k_verdeclean.htm">April 17, 2023</A>; and</FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iii)&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
      description of the Registrant&rsquo;s Common Stock which is contained in a registration statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000121390021042044/ea145743-8a12b_cenaqenergy.htm">Form 8-A</A> filed on August 12,
      2021 (File No. 001-40743) under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;<B><I>Exchange Act</I></B>&rdquo;), as updated in
      Exhibit 4.5 to the Form 10-K, as well as any additional amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
      </FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">In
  addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of
  the Exchange Act, as amended (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including
  any exhibits included with such information that are related to such items), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates
  that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information
  deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference
  into this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Any
  statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
  to be modified, superseded, or replaced for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or
  in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
  modifies, supersedes, or replaces such statement. Any such statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed, except
  as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
  4. Description of Securities. </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Not
  Applicable.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
  5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Not
  Applicable.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
  6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
  Registrant is governed by the Delaware General Corporate Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the &ldquo;<B><I>DGCL</I></B>&rdquo;).
  Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL (&ldquo;<B><I>Section&nbsp;145</I></B>&rdquo;) provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person
  who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
  civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation) by reason of the fact
  that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation
  as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnification may include expenses (including attorneys&rsquo;
  fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action,
  suit or proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
  the corporation&rsquo;s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that
  his or her conduct was unlawful. Section&nbsp;145 also provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a
  party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of such corporation,
  under the same conditions, except that such indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and reasonably
  incurred by such person, and except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if such person is adjudged to be liable
  to such corporation. Where an officer or director of a corporation is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any action,
  suit or proceeding referred to above, or any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation must indemnify that person against the expenses
  (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Section&nbsp;145
  further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
  or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
  corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising
  out of such person&rsquo;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify such person against
  such liability under Section&nbsp;145.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
  Registrant&rsquo;s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the &ldquo;<B><I>Charter</I></B>&rdquo;) and the Registrant&rsquo;s
  Amended and Restated Bylaws (the &ldquo;<B><I>Bylaws</I></B>&rdquo;) provide that the Registrant shall indemnify, to the fullest extent
  permitted by law, any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative
  or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was our director or executive officer (as defined in our Bylaws) or serves
  or served at any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise as a director or executive officer at our request.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The
  Charter eliminates the liability of directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. Pursuant to Section&nbsp;102(b)(7)
  of the DGCL, a corporation may eliminate the personal liability of directors and officers to the corporation or its stockholders for
  monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or an officer, as applicable, except for liabilities arising (i)&nbsp;from
  any breach of the director&rsquo;s or officer&rsquo;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;from acts or
  omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;from any transaction from
  which the director derived an improper personal benefit, or (iv) with respect to a director, under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL, and
  with respect to an officer, from any action by or in the right of the corporation.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">These
  provisions may be held not to be enforceable for certain violations of the federal securities laws of the United States.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Furthermore,
  on February 15, 2023, the Registrant entered into the Indemnification Agreements with each of its directors and executive officers which
  provide that the Registrant shall indemnify such directors and executive officers under the circumstances and to the extent provided
  for therein, from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses),
  judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any and all threatened, pending or completed claim,
  demand, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal, and including
  appeals, in which he or she may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, to the fullest extent permitted
  under Delaware law and our by-laws.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">In
  addition,&nbsp;the Registrant has purchased a policy of directors&rsquo; and officers&rsquo; liability insurance that insures our officers
  and directors against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in some circumstances and insures the Registrant against
  its obligations to indemnify its officers and directors.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
  7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Not
  Applicable.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B></B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
  8. Exhibits. </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="7" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Incorporated by Reference</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Exhibit</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Number</B></P></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;<B>Description</B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;<B>Schedule/ Form</B> &nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;<B>File No.</B> &nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold">Exhibit</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;<B>Filing Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 9%; text-align: left">3.1</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 42%; text-align: left"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000121390023013297/ea173809ex3-1_verde.htm">Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Verde Clean Fuels Inc, Inc.</A></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 11%">&nbsp;&nbsp;8-K</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 11%">&nbsp;&nbsp;001-400743 &nbsp; </TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 11%; text-align: center">&nbsp;2.1 </TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; width: 11%">&nbsp;February 21, 2023</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">3.2</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000121390023013297/ea173809ex3-2_verde.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Verde Clean Fuels, Inc.</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;&nbsp;8-K</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;&nbsp;001-400743 &nbsp; </TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;2.2 </TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;February 21, 2023</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">5.1*</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="ea177058ex5-1_verdeclean.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Kirkland <U STYLE="text-decoration: none">&amp; Ellis LLP</U></FONT></A></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">23.1*</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="ea177058ex23-1_verdeclean.htm">Consent of Marcum LLP</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">23.2*</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="ea177058ex23-2_verdeclean.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Deloitte <U STYLE="text-decoration: none">&amp; Touche LLP</U></FONT></A></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">23.3*</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="ea177058ex5-1_verdeclean.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">24.1*</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="#poa_001">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">99.1</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841425/000121390023013297/ea173809ex10-2_verde.htm">2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;&nbsp;8-K</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;&nbsp;001-400743 &nbsp; </TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;10.2 </TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;February 21, 2023</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">99.2*</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="ea177058ex99-2_verdeclean.htm">Form of Non-Employee Director RSU Grant Notice and Award Agreement</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">99.3*</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><A HREF="ea177058ex99-3_verdeclean.htm">Form of Employee Stock Option Award Agreement</A></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">107*</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea177058ex-fee_verdeclean.htm">Filing fee table</A></P></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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  herewith.</FONT></TD>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Item
  9. Undertakings. </B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">To
      file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(i)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">to
  include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</FONT></TD>
  </TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">to
  reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
  amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
  Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
  offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
  may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
  and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation of Registration
  Fee&rdquo; table in the effective registration statement; and</FONT></TD>
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  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iii)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">to
  include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
  material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</FONT></TD>
  </TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>provided,
  however,</I>&nbsp;that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
  amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
  13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">That,
      for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
      new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
      deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(3)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">To
      remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
      termination of the offering. </FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
  the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing
  of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
  the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
  of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
  persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
  the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
  therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
  any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
  registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
  to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B><A NAME="poa_001"></A>SIGNATURES
  </B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
  has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston,
  State of Texas, on this 27th day of April, 2023</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 36%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>VERDE
      CLEAN FUELS, INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Ernest Miller</FONT></P></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:
      Ernest Miller</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:
      Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER
  OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">KNOW
  ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Ernest Miller and Jonathan
  Siegler as the undersigned&rsquo;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with the powers of substitution and revocation, for the
  undersigned and in the undersigned&rsquo;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
  post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
  therewith, with the SEC, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
  and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to affect the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might
  or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done
  by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons
  in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT></P>
  
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    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 34%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 46%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 18%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Ernest Miller</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial </FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ernest Miller</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Officer (<I>Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer</I>)</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Dail St. Claire</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Dail St. Claire</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Martijn Dekker</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Martijn Dekker</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Curtis H&eacute;bert, Jr.</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Curtis H&eacute;bert, Jr.</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Graham van&rsquo;t Hoff</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Graham van&rsquo;t Hoff</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Ron Hulme</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ron Hulme</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Duncan Palmer</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Duncan Palmer</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April 27, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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text: As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2023
  UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington,
  D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  Verde
  Clean Fuels, Inc.
  (Exact
  name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  85-1863331
  (State
  or other jurisdiction
  of incorporation)
  (IRS
      Employer
  Identification
      No.)
  600
      Travis Street
  Suite
      5050
  Houston,
      Texas
  77002
  (Address
      of principal executive offices)
  (Zip
      Code)
  Verde
  Clean Fuels, Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan
  (Full
  title of the plan)
  Ernest
  Miller
  Chief
  Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer
  Verde
  Clean Fuels, Inc.
  600
  Travis Street
  Suite
  5050
  Houston,
  Texas 77002
  (469)
  398-2200
  (Name,
  address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Copies
  to:
  Debbie
  P. Yee, P.C.
  Anne
  G. Peetz
  Kirkland
  & Ellis LLP
  609
  Main St
  Houston,
  TX 77002
  (713)
  836-3600
  Indicate
  by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
  company, or emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller
  reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large
      accelerated filer
  ☐
  Accelerated
      filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated
      filer
  ☒
  Smaller
      reporting company
  ☒
  Emerging
      growth company
  ☒
  If
  an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
  with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☒
  PART
  I
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
  Item
  1. Plan Information.
  The
  documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered in accordance with Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act. Such
  documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
  Commission
  "),
  either as part of this registration statement (the "
  Registration Statement
  ") or as prospectuses or prospectus
  supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
  Securities Act
  "). These
  documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of the Form S-8,
  taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
  Item
  2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  The
  written statement required by Item 2 of Part I is included in documents that will be delivered to participants in the plans covered by
  this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 428(b) of the Securities Act.
  I-
  1
  PART
  II
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item
  3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The
  following documents, which have been filed with the Commission, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
  (i)
  The
  Registrant's Annual Report on
  Form 10-K
  (File No. 001-40743) (the "
  Form 10-K
  ") for the fiscal year ended
  December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on March 31, 2023;
  (ii)
  The
      Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40743) (other than information furnished rather than filed), filed with
      the Commission on
  January 4, 2023
  ,
  February 14, 2023
  ,
  February 21, 2023
  (and the subsequent amendment thereto filed on
  Form 8-K/A
  on April 7, 2023) and
  April 17, 2023
  ; and
  (iii)
  The
      description of the Registrant's Common Stock which is contained in a registration statement on
  Form 8-A
  filed on August 12,
      2021 (File No. 001-40743) under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
  Exchange Act
  "), as updated in
      Exhibit 4.5 to the Form 10-K, as well as any additional amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  In
  addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of
  the Exchange Act, as amended (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including
  any exhibits included with such information that are related to such items), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates
  that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information
  deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference
  into this Registration Statement.
  Any
  statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
  to be modified, superseded, or replaced for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or
  in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
  modifies, supersedes, or replaces such statement. Any such statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed, except
  as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item
  4. Description of Securities.
  Not
  Applicable.
  Item
  5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Not
  Applicable.
  Item
  6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  The
  Registrant is governed by the Delaware General Corporate Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the "
  DGCL
  ").
  Section 145 of the DGCL ("
  Section 145
  ") provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person
  who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
  civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation) by reason of the fact
  that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation
  as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnification may include expenses (including attorneys'
  fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action,
  suit or proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
  the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that
  his or her conduct was unlawful. Section 145 also provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a
  party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of such corporation,
  under the same conditions, except that such indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
  incurred by such person, and except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if such person is adjudged to be liable
  to such corporation. Where an officer or director of a corporation is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any action,
  suit or proceeding referred to above, or any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation must indemnify that person against the expenses
  (including attorneys' fees) which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.
  II-
  1
  Section 145
  further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
  or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
  corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising
  out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify such person against
  such liability under Section 145.
  The
  Registrant's Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "
  Charter
  ") and the Registrant's
  Amended and Restated Bylaws (the "
  Bylaws
  ") provide that the Registrant shall indemnify, to the fullest extent
  permitted by law, any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative
  or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was our director or executive officer (as defined in our Bylaws) or serves
  or served at any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise as a director or executive officer at our request.
  The
  Charter eliminates the liability of directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. Pursuant to Section 102(b)(7)
  of the DGCL, a corporation may eliminate the personal liability of directors and officers to the corporation or its stockholders for
  monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or an officer, as applicable, except for liabilities arising (i) from
  any breach of the director's or officer's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) from acts or
  omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) from any transaction from
  which the director derived an improper personal benefit, or (iv) with respect to a director, under Section 174 of the DGCL, and
  with respect to an officer, from any action by or in the right of the corporation.
  These
  provisions may be held not to be enforceable for certain violations of the federal securities laws of the United States.
  Furthermore,
  on February 15, 2023, the Registrant entered into the Indemnification Agreements with each of its directors and executive officers which
  provide that the Registrant shall indemnify such directors and executive officers under the circumstances and to the extent provided
  for therein, from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses),
  judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any and all threatened, pending or completed claim,
  demand, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal, and including
  appeals, in which he or she may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, to the fullest extent permitted
  under Delaware law and our by-laws.
  In
  addition, the Registrant has purchased a policy of directors' and officers' liability insurance that insures our officers
  and directors against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in some circumstances and insures the Registrant against
  its obligations to indemnify its officers and directors.
  Item
  7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not
  Applicable.
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  Item
  8. Exhibits.
  Incorporated by Reference
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  Schedule/ Form
  File No.
  Exhibit
  Filing Date
  3.1
  Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Verde Clean Fuels Inc, Inc.
  8-K
  001-400743
  2.1
  February 21, 2023
  3.2
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Verde Clean Fuels, Inc.
  8-K
  001-400743
  2.2
  February 21, 2023
  5.1*
  Opinion of Kirkland
  & Ellis LLP
  23.1*
  Consent of Marcum LLP
  23.2*
  Consent of Deloitte
  & Touche LLP
  23.3*
  Consent of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1*
  Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
  99.1
  2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan
  8-K
  001-400743
  10.2
  February 21, 2023
  99.2*
  Form of Non-Employee Director RSU Grant Notice and Award Agreement
  99.3*
  Form of Employee Stock Option Award Agreement
  107*
  Filing fee table
  *
  Filed
  herewith.
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  Item
  9. Undertakings.
  (a)
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)
  To
      file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  (i)
  to
  include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii)
  to
  reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
  amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
  Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
  offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
  may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
  and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
  Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
  (iii)
  to
  include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
  material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
  provided,
  however,
  that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
  amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
  13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
  (2)
  That,
      for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
      new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
      deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (3)
  To
      remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
      termination of the offering.
  (b)
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
  the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing
  of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
  the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
  of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (c)
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
  persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
  the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
  therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
  any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
  registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
  to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
  has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston,
  State of Texas, on this 27th day of April, 2023
  VERDE
      CLEAN FUELS, INC.
  By:
  /s/
      Ernest Miller
  Name:
      Ernest Miller
  Title:
      Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer
  POWER
  OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW
  ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Ernest Miller and Jonathan
  Siegler as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with the powers of substitution and revocation, for the
  undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
  post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
  therewith, with the SEC, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
  and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to affect the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might
  or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done
  by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons
  in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Ernest Miller
  Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial
  April 27, 2023
  Ernest Miller
  Officer (
  Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
  )
  /s/ Dail St. Claire
  Director
  April 27, 2023
  Dail St. Claire
  /s/ Martijn Dekker
  Director
  April 27, 2023
  Martijn Dekker
  /s/ Curtis Hébert, Jr.
  Director
  April 27, 2023
  Curtis Hébert, Jr.
  /s/ Graham van't Hoff
  Director
  April 27, 2023
  Graham van't Hoff
  /s/ Ron Hulme
  Director
  April 27, 2023
  Ron Hulme
  /s/ Duncan Palmer
  Director
  April 27, 2023
  Duncan Palmer
  /s/ Jonathan Siegler
  Director
  April 27, 2023
  Jonathan Siegler
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