DuPont sets the pace as Biofuels Digest’s Transformative Technologies 2014 voting is underway

March 11, 2014 |

DuPont leading in two categories (and its JV Butamax also in the lead); Sapphire Energy, Ceres, Genomatica, Heliae, MBI, OriginOil, KiOR Evogene, DuPont, Cool Planet, Edeniq and Sierra Energy among the early leaders as voting gets underway.

In Florida, The Digest announced nominations for Transformative Technologies 2014, in which organizations are recognized for their impact in transforming a feedstock, a process step, a processing technology, a molecule — and in which plants, towns or industrial complexes, and states and countries are recognized for transforming their economies through the use of new technology.

This year, all voting will be exclusively via social media this year. Once the voting pages are opened on March 10, readers will be able to (Twitter) tweet, (Facebook) Like or (LinkedIn) Share any nominated organization in any category by clicking on the voting buttons provided for each page. Each tweet, like or share counts for one vote.

Planning on voting?

Links to the complete voting pages are here.

The leaders, by category

Transformation of an oilseed or tree: Evogene — castor bean
Transformation of a grain or grass: Ceres — sweet sorghum
Transformation of a microbe or algae: Sapphire Energy — algae
Transformative Gasifier: Sierra Energy — FastOX gasifier
Transformative Harvest, extraction or dewatering system: OriginOil — Single Step extraction system

Transformative Pretreatment system: MBI (Michigan Biotechnology Institute) — AFEX3 packed bed ammonia fiber expansion
Organic catalyst or enzyme: DuPont Accellerase Trio
Inorganic catalyst: KiOR
Conversion technology (gas): Ensyn — RTP technology
Conversion technology (liquid): Cool Planet Energy Systems

Conversion technology (solid-state or supercritical): Edeniq — Cellunator
Transformative Molecule – biofuel: Butamax — isobutanol
Molecule – biobased chemical: Genomatica – BDO
Molecule – transformative biobased material: DuPont — Sirona fiber
Plant or integrated biorefinery: Heliae – Gilbert, AZ

Town or industrial symbiosis: Sarnia, Ontario
State, region, or country: Louisiana, USA

The voting so far:
1. Transformation of an oilseed or tree
Evogene — castor bean
Yulex — guayule
SGB — JMax jatropha
Agrisoma — carinata
Great Plains — camelina

2. Transformation of a grain or grass
Ceres — sweet sorghum
Syngenta — Enogen corn
Chromatin grain sorghum
Algenetix-Alchimia giant miscanthus
NexSteppe — sweet sorghum

3. Transformation of a microbe or algae
Sapphire Energy — algae
REG — e.coli bacteria
Proterro — cyanobacteria
Joule Unlimited — cyanobacteria
LanzaTech — acetogen
Calysta Energy methanogen

4. Transformative Gasifier
Sierra Energy — FastOX gasifier
Covanta Low Emission Energy Recovery Gasification (CLEERGAS)
ClearFuels — HEHTR gasifier

5. Transformative Harvest, extraction or dewatering system
OriginOil — Single Step extraction system
Sapphire Energy — DAF dewatering
Renmatix — Plantrose sugar extraction
FarmMax — single-pass cob collection
Genera Energy — biomass harvesting & logistics

6. Transformative Pretreatment system
MBI (Michigan Biotechnology Institute) — AFEX3 packed bed ammonia fiber expansion
Sweetwater Energy
American Process AVAP and Greenpower+ systems
Mercurius Biofuels REACH system

7. Organic catalyst or enzyme
DuPont Accellerase Trio
Novozymes Avantec, Spirizyme Achieve, Olexa cocktail
Dyadic C1 expression system
Agrivida INzyme technology

8. Inorganic catalyst
KiOR
Enerkem
Rennovia
Siluria Technologies

9. Conversion technology (gas)
Ensyn — RTP technology
Fulcrum Bioenergy
LanzaTech — gas fermentation
INEOS Bio gas fermentation
Quadrogen Power Systems – BioGas clean up systems

10. Conversion technology (liquid)
Cool Planet Energy Systems
Elevance — olefin metathesis
Velocys — FT microchannel reactors
Beta Renewables — Proesa technology
Mascoma — consolidated bioprocessing
Algenol — direct-to-ethanol process
OPX Bio — EDGE technology
Clariant — sunliquid process
Inbicon — cellulosic ethanol process
Chevron — rapid thermal depolymerization technology

11. Conversion technology (solid-state or supercritical)
Edeniq — Cellunator
Renmatix — Plantrose supercritical sugar extraction
Proterro — solid-state industrial sugars production

12. Transformative Molecule – biofuel
Butamax — isobutanol
Solazyme — Soladiesel
ARA — jet fuel process
Byogy Renewables — alcohol-to-jet

13. Molecule – biobased chemical
Genomatica – BDO
BioAmber – succinic acid
Virent – paraxylene
Gevo – isobutanol
Phytonix – butanol
Avantium – paraxylene
Rivertop Renewables – glucaric acid
Myriant – succinic acid
Amyris – biofene
DSM – DHA, glycerol/acetic acid
Allylix – novel terpenes

14. Molecule – transformative biobased material
DuPont — Sirona fiber
Cool Planet — Cool Terra biochar
NatureWorks — Ingeo (PLA) fiber
Ford — soy foam seats, soy foam headliner
Solazyme — Algenist skin cream
Accelergy — biofertilizer
UPM/Metropolia — Biofore Concept Car

15. Plant or integrated biorefinery
Heliae – Gilbert, AZ
Gevo – Luverne, MN
Neste Oil – Rotterdam, Netherlands
Renmatix – Kennesaw, Georgia
INEOS Bio – Vero Beach, FL
BioProcess Algae – Shenandoah, IA
BP Biofuels – Tropical Bioenergia, Brazil
Amyris – Brotas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
LanzaTech – BaoSteel, China
ZeaChem – Boardman, OR
Beta Renewables – Crescentino, Italy
Algenol – Naples, FL
Myriant – Lake Providence, Louisiana

16. Town or industrial symbiosis
Sarnia, Ontario
Ames-Nevada, Iowa
San Diego, California
Maabjerg, Denmark
Loudon, Tennessee
Blair, Nebraska
Kalundborg, Denmark
BioXcell, Malaysia
Piricicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

17. State, region, or country
Louisiana, USA
Sao Paulo state, Brazil
Iowa, USA
Champagne-Ardennes, France
Hawaii, USA

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