Blue Marble Biomaterials vs Virent: Who's the Best?

Background: This is a first round, Central Regional match-up between #15 seed Blue Marble Biomaterials and #15 seed Virent Energy Systems in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest.

Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here.

The winner gets: Most votes advances to the second-round (round of 32), and a shot at the Biofuels Sweet Sixteen.

The loser: Goes home.

Laurels: Virent is the 11th ranked company in the 2010-11 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy poll. Blue Marble Bio is currently unranked.

The match-up: Virent’s patented catalytic BioForming process combines proprietary aqueous phase reforming (APR) technology with established petroleum refining techniques to generate the same range of hydrocarbon molecules now refined from petroleum.

Virent’s complete Hot 50 / Transformative Technologies profile is here.

Blue Marble Biomaterials’ (BMBM) proprietary system utilizes non-genetically modified bacteria in a modified form of anaerobic fermentation.  This process breaks down any type of cellulosic, lignin and protein feedstocks to produce a broad portfolio of renewable chemicals as well as biomethane, biohydrogen, and nitrogen compounds.

Deep dive data on Blue Marble Biomaterials

Blue Marble Biomaterials’ complete Hot 50 / Transformative Technologies profile is here.