BASF, Navy, Southern Research Institute get traction in biofuels’ Hot Patners poll

In Florida, voting is now underway in the 2013 Hot Partners competition, and will continue through Friday June 14 at 5pm EDT.

In voting yesterday, Southern Research Institute took the lead in Lab services, while BASF pulled ahead of Koch in “Separation, microharvest, informatics & catalysis systems and services.” Meanwhile, the US Navy pulled back into a tie with BP among “Strategic customers (fuels).”

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Categories and leaders in voting to date:

Engineering, procurement & construction – Harris Group
Enzymes, yeasts & sugars – Novozymes
Feedstocks (energy crops) – Solazyme
Feedstocks (gases and residues) – POET Biomass
Distributors – Green Plains Renewable Energy
Finance (early-stage) – US DOE
Finance (commercialization) – USDA
Lab services – Southern Research Institute
Pretreatment systems –  POET-DSM
Professional counselors & consultants  – Elsevier
Separation, microharvest, informatics & catalysis systems and services – BASF
Processing systems and services – POET-DSM
Vehicle & vehicular equipment systems – John Deere
R&D Partners – NREL
Strategic customers (fuels) – BP, US Navy
Strategic customers (bio-based products) – Coca-Cola