50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy – subscribers vote this week

All this week, subscribers are casting their ballots for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy.

Balloting will be open to the registered subscribers of the Biofuels Digest, Geothermal Digest and Biomass Digest e-newsletters, through Monday November 23rd at 5pm EST.

To download your free copy of the Selectors Data Book for Digest subscribers – including 230 pages of company profiles, surveys and industry data, please click here.

Results to date
“Early precincts” are reporting – 20 percent of the invited selectors have already cast their votes. Though it it far too early to “call” the results, early leaders are:

1. UOP (last year #10)

2. LS9 (last year #25)

3. POET (last year #4)

4. Amyris Biotechnologies (last year #7)

5. Coskata (last year #1)

6. BP Biofuels (last year – unranked)

7. ZeaChem (last year #11)

8. Sapphire Energy (last year – #2)

9. DuPont Danisco (last year #9)

10. Solazyme (last year #6)

Among subscribers, early ratings are:

1. BP (last year – unranked)

2. POET (last year #4)

3. Shell (last year unranked)

4. ExxonMobil (last year unranked)

5. Coskata (last year #1)

6. Novozymes (last year #14)

7. Sapphire Energy (last year #2)

8. Avantium (last year unranked)

9. Chevron (last year unranked)

10. DuPont Danisco (last year #9)

Analysis

POET, BP, Coskata, DuPont Danisco and Sapphire have appeared on both Top 10s in voting to date – too early to tell, but it may shape up to be a good year for these four companies.

Over the past week, Gevo and Verenium have slipped out of the top 10 as algae rallied, with Sapphire Energy rejoining the top 10. The big trend this year so far is the advance by companies making drop-in, renewable fuels, with companies such as UOP, BP Biofuels, Amyris and LS9 moving up. 6 of the top 10 now have drop-in fuel capabilities.

In all, more than 160 companies have received votes in this year’s ballot, to date. In all, 17 companies are currently in the “early results” top 50 that were unranked last year — including BP Biofuels, Enerkem, Codexis, Joule Biotechnologies, TMO Renewables, LanzaTech, PetroAlgae and more.

A factor? In a ranking system that rewards “visibility and credibility,” brand recognition is proving to be a factor. Otherwise well-regarded international companies have registered “don’t knows” in the mid to high 80s, including Drystills, RakennusTempo and Shree Renuka. Meanwhile, mainline oil and grain companies are in the teen and low 20s – ExxonMobil, Shell and Chevron having the highest recognition.

But visibility can pay – among companies with “don’t knows” in the 20s and low 30s are POET, Novozymes, Petrobras, Coskata, Sapphire Energy, and Verenium.

Another factor – name changing. HeroBX, Mission New Energy and Qteros had elevated “don’t know” levels after going through name changes.

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