The rankings were based 50 percent on votes from a 75-member panel of international selectors, and 50 percent on votes from subscribers of Biofuels Digest, the world’s most widely-read biofuels daily.
1 Solazyme
2008-2009 Rank : 6
Solazyme, Inc. is the leading renewable oil and bioproducts company. The company uses algal biotechnology to renewably produce clean fuels, chemicals, foods and health science products. Solazyme's advanced and proprietary technology uses algae to produce oils and biomaterials in standard fermentation facilities quickly, cleanly, cost effectively, and at large scale.
These natural oils and biomaterials are tailored, not only for fuel production, but also as replacements for fossil-derived petroleum and a variety of natural plant oils and compounds. This makes them useful in a wide range of products, from oleochemicals, to cosmetics, to foods.
2. POET
2008-2009 Rank :4
POET. The world's largest ethanol producer.
At POET, we're using the creativity that comes from common sense to deliver a new bounty of American energy from the eternal bounty of the American Heartland.
With hard work, imagination and discipline, the people of POET have replaced hundreds of millions of barrels of imported oil with clean, renewable domestic energy while bringing hundreds of millions of dollars back to the American economy.
In our more than two decades on the job, POET has developed an unmatched record in technology, reliability and efficiency. That's a legacy we intend to pass on. And every day we keep building on it.
3. Amyris
2008-2009 Rank :7
Amyris is applying an industrial synthetic biology platform to provide high-performing alternatives to petroleum-sourced fuels and chemicals
Amyris is establishing the partnerships and capabilities needed to bring our products to market as early as 2011, and to distribute these products directly to customers. Amyris subsidiaries include Amyris Brasil S.A., a majority-owned Brasilian company through which we conduct our Brasilian operations for the manufacture and trade of our products, and Amyris Fuels, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary through which we are building our U.S. fuels distribution capabilities.
4 . BP Biofuels
2008-2009 Rank :NR
BP (www.bp.com) is one of the world's largest energy companies, providing its customers with fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, retail services and petrochemicals products for everyday items
BP and biofuels
They’ve been in the energy business long enough to know that there are no easy answers – but they’re also convinced that using more biofuels (fuels made from renewable biomass) in the overall ‘energy mix’ can help us reduce global greenhouse gas levels significantly and with immediate impact.
2008-2009 Rank :2
Sapphire Energy was founded with one mission in mind: to change the world by developing a domestic, renewable source of energy that benefits the environment and hastens America′s energy independence. What began as a debate among friends in early 2007 on how to create the perfect biofuel, by integrating the principals of industrial biotechnology, has become today's Sapphire Energy with facilities in San Diego, CA; Orange Country, CA; and Las Cruces, NM.
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6. Coskata
2008-2009 Rank :1
Coskata is a biology-based renewable energy company whose low-cost platform technology allows for the production of fuels and chemicals from a variety of input material (including biomass, agricultural and municipal wastes, and other carbonaceous material).
Using proprietary microorganisms and patented bioreactor designs, we are ready today to produce FlexEthanol™, or feedstock flexible ethanol, to fuel energy security, economic growth, and environmental sustainability.
2008-2009 Rank :9
DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC (DDCE) aims to be the world’s leading cellulosic ethanol company by delivering comprehensive, integrated technology, engineering, and service solutions. Built on a legacy of leadership and strategic collaborations, DDCE is positioned as a key player in achieving global goals for energy independence, rural development, and deployment of a reliable, sustainable transportation fuel supply.
DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC is a 50/50 joint venture between DuPont and Genencor, a subsidiary of Danisco.
8. LS9
2008-2009 Rank : 25
LS9, Inc., the Renewable Petroleum Company™, is a privately-held industrial biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, California developing patent-pending UltraClean™ fuels and sustainable chemicals made with the power of synthetic biology. Located in South San Francisco.
LS9 has the financial backing of venture capital firms Flagship Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The company's scientific advisory board (SAB) includes leaders in the fields of synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, microbiology, enzymology, genomics, bioinformatics, and chemical engineering.
9. Verenium
2008-2009 Rank : 36
Verenium Corporation is a recognized pioneer in the development and commercialization of high-performance enzymes for use in industrial processes. Verenium sells enzymes developed using its unique R&D capabilities to a global market. The company harnesses the power of nature and, leveraging unique, patented technology, creates products that maximize efficiency while improving environmental performance.
2008-2009 Rank : 8
Mascoma Corporation is a U.S. biofuel company that produces cellulosic ethanol made from wood and switchgrass. Headquartered in Lebanon, New Hampshire, the company was founded in 2005 by Lee Lynd and Charles Wyman, two professors from Dartmouth College. The company's founders have continued to work with Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering on its research into ethanol engineering. The company is named after Mascoma Lake, which is near Lebanon.
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Thank you for listing the ten hottest companies in bioenergy for 2009-2010. I doing some research about biofuel companies for my project.
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