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Transformative Technologies 2011: Final Four preview

Transformative Technologies 2011: Final Four preview

September 11, 2011 |

Voting in the third round (Sweet 16) of the Transformative Technologies 2011 tournament begins Monday, August 29 and will close on Friday, September 2 at 5pm ET. Here are the match-ups, with links to previews of the contests and data on each company’s technologies and progress towards commercialization. Solazyme vs Joule Unlimited Novozymes vs Terrabon […]

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Transformative Technologies 2011: Elite Eight voting, what went right and wrong?

Transformative Technologies 2011: Elite Eight voting, what went right and wrong?

September 11, 2011 |

Elite Eight (round four) voting finished on Friday in the Transformative Technologies 2011 tournament. Once again, favorites did not fare well, with three falling –  including a #1 regional seed (Gevo) and a regional #2 seed (LS9) . What went right and wrong? 1. Nearer to commercialization. As with last week, the companies that were […]

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Novozymes vs Terrabon: Who's the Best?

Novozymes vs Terrabon: Who's the Best?

September 11, 2011 |

Background: This is a Final Four (semi-final), match-up between International Regional Champion Novozymes and Central Regional Champion Terrabon in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances to […]

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Solazyme vs Joule Unlimited: Who's the Best?

Solazyme vs Joule Unlimited: Who's the Best?

September 11, 2011 |

Background: This is a Final Four (semi-final), match-up between Western Regional Champion Solazyne and Eastern Regional Champion Joule Unlimited, in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances […]

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A Day in the Life of Biofuels – enter a photo, win up to $1000

A Day in the Life of Biofuels – enter a photo, win up to $1000

September 8, 2011 |

Readers, I’d like to invite you to submit a photo to the Digest for our upcoming photo essay “A Day in the Life of Biofuels”. It has to relate to biofuels in some way – as a consumer, researcher, policymaker, producer, journalist, feedstock grower, industry supplier, student, enthusiast, carmaker, mechanic, and so on. Could be […]

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OriginOil, Terrabon, Joule, Novozymes consolidate leads in Transformative Technologies voting

OriginOil, Terrabon, Joule, Novozymes consolidate leads in Transformative Technologies voting

September 8, 2011 |

In Florida, OriginOil, Joule Unlimited, Terrabon and Novozymes consolidated their early leads from Elite Eight quarterfinal voting in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tournament. #1 Western seed Solazyme, #1 Central seed Gevo and #2 International seed LS9 are now trailing in their match-ups with two days to go in Elite Eight balloting. “It’s crunch time for […]

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Federal Policy for Reducing Uncertainty for Advanced Biofuels Producers

Federal Policy for Reducing Uncertainty for Advanced Biofuels Producers

September 6, 2011 |

by Brent Erickson, Executive VP, BIO As any number of economic analysts have noted, continued policy uncertainty is holding businesses back from the hiring and investment needed to get the economy moving again. The advanced biofuel industry has been trying to deploy pioneering technology in the midst of the recent economic downturn. Additional uncertainty over […]

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Transformative Technologies 2011: Elite Eight Preview

Transformative Technologies 2011: Elite Eight Preview

September 4, 2011 |

Voting in the third round (Sweet 16) of the Transformative Technologies 2011 tournament begins Monday, August 29 and will close on Friday, September 2 at 5pm ET. Here are the match-ups, with links to previews of the contests and data on each company’s technologies and progress towards commercialization. Solazyme vs OriginOil Gevo vs Terrabon Joule […]

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Transformative Technologies 2011: Sweet Sixteen voting, what went right and wrong?

Transformative Technologies 2011: Sweet Sixteen voting, what went right and wrong?

September 4, 2011 |

Sweet Sixteen (round three) voting finished on Friday in the Transformative Technologies 2011 tournament. Four favorites advanced, yet four fell, including a #1 regional seed, (Amyris) and two regional #2 seeds (Virent and Codexis). East Regional #3 seed Mascoma also fell, toppled by Joule Unlimited in a close match. What went right and wrong? 1. […]

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Cobalt, Joule in last minute Transformative Technologies surge

Cobalt, Joule in last minute Transformative Technologies surge

September 2, 2011 |

As the final hour nears for Transformative Technologies third-round voting, Cobalt Technologies and Joule Unlimited have been surging in last-minute voting. Cobalt is making a bid for a come-from-behind upset over the renowned technologies of Solazyme, and Joule is surging in an attempt to pull away from Mascoma in a battle for East Coast synthetic […]

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