‘The 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy’: 2008-09 Rankings Published by Biofuels Digest

US companies dominate; genomics, cellulosic ethanol and algae-based technologies prominent among honorees

MIAMI, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Cellulosic ethanol pioneer Coskata took the #1 spot in the “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” rankings for 2008-09, published today in Biofuels Digest, the online daily bioenergy news service. The list recognizes innovation and achievement in bioenergy development.

Sapphire Energy, Virent Energy Systems, POET, Range Fuels, Solazyme, Amyris Technologies, Mascoma, DuPont Danisco and UOP also were ranked in the top ten.

Among the top 50, 17 are active in cellulosic ethanol development, nine are developing algae-to-energy systems, and nine are producing other advanced biofuels or waste-to-energy technologies. The companies range from start-ups, funded by venture capital and corporate investors, to new divisions of established companies such as DuPont, Genencor, and Honeywell.

Rankings were established by a Biofuels Digest panel, and reflected the importance of research or production achievements recorded by each company in 2008. Votes were weighted by industry and region to ensure a fair and broad representation of companies and technologies.

“Innovation in renewable energy is gaining speed,” said Jim Lane, editor and publisher of Biofuels Digest. “A slew of advanced bioenergy systems are coming to market from some of the brightest biologists, chemists, agronomists and engineers in the world. These companies are the hottest of the hot.”

Biofuels Digest is the world’s most widely read biofuels daily. The Miami, FL-based free online magazine and email newsletter published more than 3,000 news stories on bioenergy in 2008, and serves more than 15,000 daily readers in 195 countries with bioenergy production, research, policy and financial news.

    The Hottest 50 Companies in Bioenergy

    1. Coskata
    2. Sapphire Energy
    3. Virent Energy Systems
    4. POET
    5. Range Fuels
    6. Solazyme
    7. Amyris Biotechnologies
    8. Mascoma
    9. DuPont Danisco
    10. UOP
    11. ZeaChem
    12. Aquaflow Bionomic
    13. Bluefire Ethanol
    14. Novozymes
    15. Qteros
    16. Petrobras
    17. Cobalt Biofuels
    18. Iogen
    19. Synthetic Genomics
    20. Abengoa Energy
    21. KL Energy
    22. INEOS
    23. GreenFuel
    24. Vital Renewable Energy
    25. LS9
    26. Raven Biofuels
    27. Gevo
    28. St.1 Biofuels Oy
    29. Primafuel
    30. Taurus Energy
    31. Ceres
    32. Syngenta
    33. Aurora Biofuels
    34. Bionavitas
    35. Algenol
    36. Verenium
    37. Simply Green
    38. Carbon Green
    39. SEKAB
    40. Osage Bioenergy
    41. Dynamotive
    42. Sustainable Power
    43. ETH Bioenergia
    44. Choren
    45. Origin Oil
    46. Propel Fuels
    47. GEM Biofuels
    48. Lake Erie Biofuels
    49. Cavitation Technologies
    50. Lotus/Jaguar - Omnivore

    For more information, please contact:

    Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher
    Biofuels Digest
    786-393-8530
    jlane@biofuelsdigest.com

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SOURCE Biofuels Digest