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Bioenergy PROFITS Principles: Obtain Vital Information — looking at Mascoma, Amyris, Virent, LS9 and Qteros

Cellulosic Ethanol – Let me count the ways….
In this new series of articles, Biofuels Digest, takes a more detailed exploration of bioprocessing technology for cellulosic ethanol.  Over the next few installments, Dr. Rosalie Lober, highlights (from her newly released book, Run Your Business like a Fortune 100: 7 Principles for Boosting PROFITS), proven principles to [...]

50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy: Complete candidate profiles and company registration information

The 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy rankings  for 2009-10 will be released Tuesday, 12/1.

Rules and procedures
Register your company
Candidate profiles
Aquaflow Bionomic
Balboa Pacific
BARD
Bioalgene
BioFuelBox
Biolight Harvesting
Blue Marble Energy
BlueFire Ethanol
BP Biofuels
Ceres
Chemrec
Cobalt Biofuels
Codexis
Comet Biorefining
Continental Technologies
Coskata
Diversified Energy
DSM White Biotechnology
Dynamic Fuels
Dynamotive
EdeniQ
Enerkem
Enhanced Biofuels
Fulcrum BioEnergy
Genencor
GeoSynFuels
Gevo
GlycosBio
Ineos Bio
Joule Biotechnologies
KL Energy
LS9
LanzaTech
Martek
Mascoma
Novozymes
Piedmont Biofuels
Plankton Power
POET
Praj Industries
PureVision Technology
Range Fuels
Raven Biofuels
Remediation Earth
Remfuel
Renewable Energy Group
Rentech
SEKAB
SG Biofuels
Solazyme
Sriya Innovations
StormFisher Biogas
Qteros
Terrabon
Targeted Growth
ThermoChem Recovery
TMO [...]

Virent Energy Systems: 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy candidate profiles

Virent Energy Systems
Based in: Wisconsin
2008-09 ranking: #3
Business: Virent’s patented catalytic BioForming process combines proprietary aqueous phase reforming (APR) technology with established petroleum refining techniques to generate the same range of hydrocarbon molecules now refined from petroleum.
Model: Owner/operator and licensing within strategic relationships
Past milestones:
1. Announced collaboration with Royal Dutch Shell to develop biogasoline.
2. Exceeded technical [...]

Bioenergy PROFITS Principles: Amyris Biotechnologies and “Obtaining Only Vital Information”

By Biofuels Digest columnist Dr. Rosalie Lober
What do we do next?  Successful companies have choices!
A successful company has options.  A successful company has possibilities.
This is not only true because of their profitability and/or revenues and market share.  It results from the confidence the company gains by achieving its goals. Most times, success comes because of [...]

International Bioenergy and Bioproducts Conference comes to Memphis in October

In Tennessee, the International Bioenergy and Bioproducts Conference will be held in Memphis October 14 through 16. The conference will focus on how to best use the resources, knowledge and assets in the pulp and paper industry to produce bioenergy and bioproducts. Speakers from the University of Tennessee, USDA, Virent, Lignol, Chicago Climate Exchange, DOE [...]

Amyris raises $24.7 million in first tranche of Series C funding; aims for $62 million in total for commercialization drive

In California, Amyris Biotechnologies said in an SEC filing that it has raised $24.7 million in Series C financing after offering $62 million in shares last July to investors.  The $24.7 million represented the first closing in the Series C round, and included existing investors Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, TPG Biotech and [...]

Who’s Your Daddy’s Daddy?: a look at Bioenergy and Washington lobbying

In Washington, the Center for Public Integrity released a report on lobbying over the impending Climate Bill, and reported that 13 bioenergy companies plus several trade groups registered to lobby Congress for the first time on global warming.
Companies that popped up for the first time to lobby on climate change include: Algenol Biofuels, the American [...]

50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2009/10 – rules and procedures

On December 1st, the Digest will publish its annual rankings for the “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy”. There have been numerous requests since the 08/09 ranking were released about how to qualify. Here’s background for 2009/2010.
1. The rankings will be published on December 1st, and are based on weighted scores. 50 percent of the score [...]

Biofuels Digest Anniversary issue: 10 Most Overlooked Stories for 2008-09

Today, Biofuels Digest celebrates its 2nd anniversary with a special look back at “10 Most Overlooked Stories” for 2008-09
1. E15 ethanol and the EPA waiver. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association said that, since January of 2008, cattle feeders have lost a record $5.2 billion in equity due to high feed costs and economic factors which [...]

Sugar, Sugar: The transformation of cellulosic ethanol

“Honey, aw Sugar, Sugar,
You are my candy girl, and you’ve got me wanting you.”
The Archies, “Sugar, Sugar”
From the 2008-09 “winter of our discontent” to 2009’s “Summer of Algae,” biofuels have made a remarkable journey in the past six months. But what has become of the former darling of industry dreams — cellulosic ethanol [...]