Solazyme ranked #1 in “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” for 2011-12

Biofuels Digest
Jim Lane November 9, 2011

Solazyme edges Amyris, Gevo in Hot 50 for 2011-12, as hot IPOs dominate, gasification advances.

In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that Renewable oils developer Solazyme took the #1 spot in the 2011-12 “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” rankings.

Amyris (#2), Gevo (#3), POET (#4), LS9 (#5), Novozymes (#6), Enerkem (#7), LanzaTech (#8), Honeywell’s UOP (#9), and ZeaChem (#10) round out the top 10.

Ranked #11 through #20 are Codexis, Abengoa Bioenergy, KiOR, Virent, Sapphire Energy, Ceres, Coskata, Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol, Terrabon and Mascoma.

The rankings, which recognize innovation and achievement in bioenergy development, are based 60 percent on votes from a 100-member College of international selectors, and 40 percent on votes from subscribers of Biofuels Digest and Renewable Chemicals Digest. Overall, more than 1,000 companies were eligible in the rankings and 304 companies received votes in the poll, and more than 130,000 individual company ratings were completed by voters.

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