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OPAL Fuels Inc. – ‘S-1/A’ on 11/4/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Friday, 11/4/22, at 10:09am ET   ·   Accession #:  1213900-22-69145   ·   File #:  333-266757

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

11/04/22  OPAL Fuels Inc.                   S-1/A                 55:8.9M                                   EdgarAgents LLC/FA

Pre-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement (General Form)   —   Form S-1   —   SA’33

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-1/A       Amendment No. 4 to Form S-1                         HTML   4.46M 
 2: EX-FILING FEES  Filing Fee Table                                HTML     65K 
 8: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     35K 
 9: R2          Condensed Balance Sheets                            HTML    107K 
10: R3          Condensed Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)           HTML     45K 
11: R4          Unaudited Condensed Statements of Operations        HTML     60K 
12: R5          Unaudited Condensed Statements of Operations        HTML     29K 
                (Parentheticals)                                                 
13: R6          Unaudited Condensed Statements of Changes in        HTML     77K 
                Shareholders' Deficit                                            
14: R7          Unaudited Condensed Statements of Cash Flows        HTML    100K 
15: R8          Description of Organization, Business Operations    HTML     67K 
                and Basis of Presentation                                        
16: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     79K 
17: R10         Initial Public Offering                             HTML     21K 
18: R11         Private Placement                                   HTML     22K 
19: R12         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     34K 
20: R13         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     29K 
21: R14         Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible         HTML     27K 
                Redemption                                                       
22: R15         Shareholders' Deficit                               HTML     33K 
23: R16         Derivative Warrant Liabilities                      HTML     45K 
24: R17         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     60K 
25: R18         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     28K 
26: R19         Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)           HTML    103K 
27: R20         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     33K 
                (Tables)                                                         
28: R21         Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible         HTML     25K 
                Redemption (Tables)                                              
29: R22         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     56K 
30: R23         Description of Organization, Business Operations    HTML    162K 
                and Basis of Presentation (Details)                              
31: R24         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
32: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     40K 
                (Details) - Schedule of basic and diluted net                    
                income (loss) per share                                          
33: R26         Initial Public Offering (Details)                   HTML     35K 
34: R27         Private Placement (Details)                         HTML     29K 
35: R28         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     75K 
36: R29         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     44K 
37: R30         Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible         HTML     28K 
                Redemption (Details)                                             
38: R31         Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible         HTML     35K 
                Redemption (Details) - Schedule of class A                       
                ordinary shares subject to possible redemption                   
39: R32         Shareholders' Deficit (Details)                     HTML     59K 
40: R33         Derivative Warrant Liabilities (Details)            HTML     71K 
41: R34         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     20K 
42: R35         Fair Value Measurements (Details) - Schedule of     HTML     36K 
                assets that are measured at fair value on a                      
                recurring basis                                                  
43: R36         Fair Value Measurements (Details) - Schedule of     HTML     31K 
                fair value measurement inputs and valuation                      
                techniques                                                       
44: R37         Fair Value Measurements (Details) - Schedule of     HTML     38K 
                fair value of the derivative warrant liabilities                 
45: R38         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     54K 
46: R39         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     35K 
                (Details) - Schedule of basic and diluted net                    
                income (loss) per share                                          
47: R40         Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible         HTML     33K 
                Redemption (Details) - Schedule of class A                       
                ordinary shares subject to possible redemption                   
48: R41         Fair Value Measurements (Details) - Schedule of     HTML     37K 
                assets that are measured at fair value on a                      
                recurring basis                                                  
49: R42         Fair Value Measurements (Details) - Schedule of     HTML     31K 
                fair value measurement inputs and valuation                      
                techniques                                                       
50: R43         Fair Value Measurements (Details) - Schedule of     HTML     38K 
                fair value of the derivative warrant liabilities                 
53: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    102K 
51: XML         XBRL Instance -- ea168046-s1a4_opalfuels_htm         XML   1.02M 
52: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    135K 
 4: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- opal-20220630_cal               XML     71K 
 5: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- opal-20220630_def                XML    680K 
 6: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- opal-20220630_lab                     XML   1.09M 
 7: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- opal-20220630_pre              XML    654K 
 3: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- opal-20220630                         XSD    176K 
54: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              257±   389K 
55: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001213900-22-069145-xbrl      Zip    773K

‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — opal-20220630_pre

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 8/02/23  OPAL Fuels Inc.                   POS AM      8/01/23   12:495K                                   EdgarAgents LLC/FA
 5/04/23  OPAL Fuels Inc.                   POS AM                 1:3M
 5/03/23  OPAL Fuels Inc.                   POS AM                 2:2.9M

11 Previous Filings that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

11/02/22  OPAL Fuels Inc.                   S-1/A                 59:8.9M                                   EdgarAgents LLC/FA
10/03/22  OPAL Fuels Inc.                   8-K:1,2,9   9/29/22   12:5.7M
 9/19/22  OPAL Fuels Inc.                   8-K:5,9     9/15/22   12:271K
 8/11/22  OPAL Fuels Inc.                   S-1                   60:9M                                     EdgarAgents LLC/FA
 7/27/22  OPAL Fuels Inc.                   8-K:1,2,3,4 7/21/22   20:2.8M                                   EdgarAgents LLC/FA
 5/12/22  OPAL Fuels Inc.                   8-K:1,9     5/10/22   12:296K                                   EdgarAgents LLC/FA
 5/09/22  OPAL Fuels Inc.                   S-4/A       5/06/22   59:28M                                    EdgarAgents LLC/FA
 3/25/22  OPAL Fuels Inc.                   S-4/A                  7:1.3M                                   EdgarAgents LLC/FA
12/03/21  OPAL Fuels Inc.                   8-K:1,3,9  12/02/21   15:2.2M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 3/26/21  OPAL Fuels Inc.                   8-K:1,3,5,9 3/22/21    9:1.2M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 3/09/21  OPAL Fuels Inc.                   S-1/A                 19:2.9M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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