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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO
RULES 13d-1(b), (c) AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED
PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(b)

TREMISIS ENERGY ACQUISITION CORPORATION

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

894727106

(Cusip Number)

January 18, 2005

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

        o Rule 13d-1(b)

        þ Rule 13d-1(c)

        o Rule 13d-1(d)

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13G
CUSIP No. 894727106
  1. Name of Reporting Person:
Sapling, LLC		 I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only):
  2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group*
    (a) o  
    (b) o  
  3. SEC Use Only:
  4. Citizenship or Place of Organization:
Delaware
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each Reporting
Person With
5. Sole Voting Power:
0
6. Shared Voting Power:
393,100
7. Sole Dispositive Power:
0
8.Shared Dispositive Power:
393,100
  9.Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:
393,100
  10.Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares*
o
  11.Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):
5.1%
  12.Type of Reporting Person*
OO

* SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT

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SCHEDULE 13G

     This Schedule 13G (the “Schedule 13G”) is being filed on behalf of Sapling, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sapling”), relating to shares of common stock of Tremisis Energy Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), purchased by Sapling. Fir Tree Value Master Fund, LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“Fir Tree Master”), is the sole member of Sapling and Fir Tree, Inc., a New York corporation (“Fir Tree”), is the manager of Sapling.

     
Item 1(a)
   Name of Issuer.
 
    
 
   Tremisis Energy Acquisition Corporation
 
    
Item 1(b)
   Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices.
 
    
 
   1775 Broadway
 
   Suite 604
 
   New York, New York 10019
 
    
Item 2(a)
   Name of Person Filing.
 
    
 
   Sapling, LLC
 
    
Item 2(b)
   Address of Principal Business Office.
 
    
 
   535 Fifth Avenue
 
   31st Floor
 
   New York, New York 10017
 
    
Item 2(c)
   Place of Organization.
 
    
 
   Sapling is a Delaware limited liability company.
 
    
Item 2(d)
   Title of Class of Securities.
 
    
 
   Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”).
 
    
Item 2(e)
   CUSIP Number.
 
    
 
   894727106
 
    
Item 3
   Reporting Person.
 
    
 
   The person filing is not listed in Items 3(a) through 3(j).

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Item 4
  Ownership.

  (a)   Sapling is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3) of 393,100 shares of Common Stock.
 
  (b)   Sapling is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3) of 5.1% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. This percentage is determined by dividing the number of shares beneficially held by 7,700,000, the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of November 12, 2004, as reported in the Issuer’s most recent current report on Form 10-QSB dated November 12, 2004.
 
  (c)   Sapling may direct the vote and disposition of the 393,100 shares of Common Stock.
     
Item 5
  Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
 
    
  Inapplicable.
 
    
Item 6
  Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
 
    
  Fir Tree Master, as the sole member of Sapling, has the right to receive dividends from and the proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock.
 
    
Item 7
  Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being Reported On by the Parent Holding Company.
 
    
  Inapplicable.
 
    
Item 8
  Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
 
    
  Inapplicable.
 
    
Item 9
  Notice of Dissolution of Group.
 
    
  Inapplicable.
 
    
Item 10
  Certification.
 
    
  By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

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SIGNATURE

     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

     Date: January 28, 2005

         
 
   SAPLING, LLC
 
        
  By:   FIR TREE, INC., its Manager
 
        
      By: /s/ Jeffrey Tannenbaum
       
      Name: Jeffrey Tannenbaum
      Title: President

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