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Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Monday, 11/14/22, at 1:55pm ET · For: 9/30/22 · Accession #: 1477932-22-8466 · File #: 0-33067

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

11/14/22  Midwest Energy Emissions Corp.    10-Q        9/30/22   70:5.1M                                   Discount Edgar/FA

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    989K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
11: R1          Cover                                               HTML     66K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    120K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     37K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     77K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders   HTML     93K 
                Deficit (Unaudited)                                              
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    117K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R7          Organization                                        HTML     23K 
18: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    104K 
19: R9          Liquidity and Financial Condition                   HTML     24K 
20: R10         Inventory                                           HTML     26K 
21: R11         Property and Equipment, Net                         HTML     33K 
22: R12         Intellectual Property                               HTML     29K 
23: R13         Notes Payable                                       HTML     22K 
24: R14         Convertible Notes Payable                           HTML     29K 
25: R15         Related Party                                       HTML     57K 
26: R16         Operating Leases                                    HTML     32K 
27: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     27K 
28: R18         Stock Based Compensation                            HTML     52K 
29: R19         Warrants                                            HTML     51K 
30: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     24K 
31: R21         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    129K 
                (Policies)                                                       
32: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     84K 
                (Tables)                                                         
33: R23         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     27K 
34: R24         Property And Equipment Net (Tables)                 HTML     31K 
35: R25         Intellectual Property (Tables)                      HTML     25K 
36: R26         Related Party (Tables)                              HTML     41K 
37: R27         Operating Leases (Tables)                           HTML     31K 
38: R28         Stock Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     41K 
39: R29         Warrants (Tables)                                   HTML     49K 
40: R30         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
41: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     35K 
                (Details 1)                                                      
42: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     25K 
                (Details 2)                                                      
43: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     24K 
                (Details 3)                                                      
44: R34         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     46K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
45: R35         Liquidity and Financial Condition (Details          HTML     50K 
                Narrative)                                                       
46: R36         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     27K 
47: R37         Property And Equipment Net (Details)                HTML     31K 
48: R38         Property And Equipment Net (Details Narrative)      HTML     23K 
49: R39         Intellectual Property (Details)                     HTML     25K 
50: R40         Intellectual Property (Details Narrative)           HTML     49K 
51: R41         Notes Payable (Details Narrative)                   HTML     37K 
52: R42         Convertible Notes Payable (Details Narrative)       HTML     74K 
53: R43         Related party (Details)                             HTML     30K 
54: R44         Related party (Details 1)                           HTML     26K 
55: R45         Related party (Details Narrative)                   HTML     98K 
56: R46         Operating Leases (Details)                          HTML     29K 
57: R47         Operating Leases (Details 1)                        HTML     25K 
58: R48         Operating Leases (Details Narrative)                HTML     37K 
59: R49         Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative)   HTML     20K 
60: R50         Stock Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     56K 
61: R51         Stock Based Compensation (Details Narrative)        HTML     93K 
62: R52         Warrants (Details)                                  HTML     46K 
63: R53         Warrants (Details 1)                                HTML     27K 
64: R54         Warrants (Details Narrative)                        HTML     30K 
65: R55         Subsequent Events (Details Narrative)               HTML     23K 
68: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    123K 
66: XML         XBRL Instance -- meec_10q_htm                        XML   1.23M 
67: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    118K 
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70: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001477932-22-008466-xbrl      Zip    198K

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