Renewable fuels and chemicals developer Amyris (Nasdaq: AMRS) took the #1 spot in the 2010-11 "50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy" rankings, published today in Biofuels Digest.
Solazyme (#2), POET (#3), LS9 (#4), Gevo (#5), DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol (#6), Novozymes (NVZMY.PK) (#7), Coskata (#8), Codexis (Nasdaq: CDXS) (#9) and Sapphire Energy (#10) round out the top 10.
Ranked #11 through #20 are Virent, Mascoma, Ceres, Cobalt Technologies, Honeywell’s UOP, Enerkem, BP Biofuels, Genencor, Petrobras (NYSE: PZE) and Abengoa Bioenergy.
Amyris has emerged as a strong green investment. since its debut on the Nasdaq in September, share prices have risen from $16 to above $22.
The rankings, which recognize innovation and achievement in bioenergy development, are based 50% on votes from a 75-member panel of international selectors, and 50% on votes from subscribers of Biofuels Digest and Renewable Chemicals Digest. Overall, more than 1,000 companies were eligible in the rankings and 301 companies received votes. Amyris Biotechnologies ranked #1 in the international Selector poll, while Solazyme ranked #1 in the subscriber poll.
Among the Hot 50, 37 were US-based companies and 13 were from other countries. Fifteen are active in cellulosic ethanol development (down from 19 last year), five are developing algae-based energy solutions (down from seven last year), and 16 are producing "drop-in" renewable biofuels such as biobutanol, renewable diesel, green gasoline and renewable jet fuel (up from 15 last year). Thirteen are developing capabilities to produce renewable chemicals.
Strategic investors such as Waste Management, Chevron, and Monsanto appeared in the rankings for the first time, while Shell advanced this year and BP Biofuels reached the top 20. DuPont was an investor in two top-50 companies, DDCE and Butamax.
New companies in the list this year include: Cargill (#36), Butamax (#38), Cosan (#40), Waste Management (#42), Dynamic Fuels (#44), KiOR (#47), Chevron (#48), and Monsanto (#49).
The 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2010-11 are:
- Amyris
- Solazyme
- POET
- LS9
- Gevo
- DuPont Danisco
- Novozymes
- Coskata
- Codexis
- Sapphire Energy
- Virent
- Mascoma
- Ceres
- Cobalt Technologies
- Honeywell’s UOP
- Enerkem
- BP Biofuels
- Genencor
- Petrobras
- Abengoa Energy
- Qteros
- Joule Unlimited
- Shell
- Bluefire Renewables
- Rentech
- Algenol
- ZeaChem
- PetroAlgae
- Neste
- Synthetic Genomics
- LanzaTech
- Iogen
- OriginOIl
- RangeFuels
- ExxonMobil
- Cargill
- SG Biofuels
- Butamax
- Terrabon
- Cosan
- Verenium
- Waste Management
- IneosBio
- Dynamic Fuels
- Fulcrum Bioenergy
- KL Energy
- KiOR
- Chevron
- Monsanto
- Inbicon
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