Biofuels Digest’s Transformative Technologies 2014 nominees, and voting page links
Which are the most transformative bioeconomy technologies?
In the Transformative Technologies awards for 2014, you decide.
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.
Clicking on the links below will take you to the voting pages.
1. Transformation of an oilseed or tree
2. Transformation of a grain or grass
Algenetix-Alchimia giant miscanthus
3. Transformation of a microbe or algae
Joule Unlimited — cyanobacteria
4. Transformative Gasifier
Sierra Energy — FastOX gasifier
Covanta Low Emission Energy Recovery Gasification (CLEERGAS)
5. Transformative Harvest, extraction or dewatering system
Sapphire Energy — DAF dewatering
FarmMax — single-pass cob collection
Genera Energy — biomass harvesting & logistics
Renmatix — Plantrose sugar extraction
OriginOil — Single Step extraction system
6. Transformative Pretreatment system
MBI (Michigan Biotechnology Institute) — AFEX3 packed bed ammonia fiber expansion
American Process AVAP and Greenpower+ systems
Mercurius Biofuels REACH system
7. Organic catalyst or enzyme
Novozymes Avantec, Spirizyme Achieve, Olexa cocktail
8. Inorganic catalyst
9. Conversion technology (gas)
Quadrogen Power Systems – BioGas clean up systems
10. Conversion technology (liquid)
Beta Renewables — Proesa technology
Mascoma — consolidated bioprocessing
Algenol — direct-to-ethanol process
Inbicon — cellulosic ethanol process
Velocys — FT microchannel reactors
Chevron — rapid thermal depolymerization technology
12. Conversion technology (solid-state or supercritical)
Renmatix — Plantrose supercritical sugar extraction
Proterro — solid-state industrial sugars production
13. Transformative Molecule – biofuel
Byogy Renewables — alcohol-to-jet
14. Molecule – biobased chemical
Rivertop Renewables – glucaric acid
DSM – DHA, glycerol/acetic acid
15. Molecule – transformative biobased material
NatureWorks — Ingeo (PLA) fiber
Ford — soy foam seats, soy foam headliner
Solazyme — Algenist skin cream
Cool Planet — Cool Terra biochar
UPM/Metropolia — Biofore Concept Car
16. Plant or integrated biorefinery
BioProcess Algae – Shenandoah, IA
Neste Oil – Rotterdam, Netherlands
BP Biofuels – Tropical Bioenergia, Brazil
Amyris – Brotas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Beta Renewables – Crescentino, Italy
Myriant – Lake Providence, Louisiana
17. Town or industrial symbiosis
18. State, region, or country
2. Voting.
Voting pages will be established for each nominee at biofuelsdigest.com — all voting will be exclusively via social media this year. Once the voting pages are opened on March 10, readers will be able to Tweet, Like or Share any nominated organization in any category by clicking on the voting buttons provided for each page. Each tweet, like or share will count for one vote.
3. Announcement of winners.
Ballots will be open through April 18, 2014 — and winners will be announced a gala reception at ABLC 2014 — the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference in Washington DC — where the Transformative Technologies winners will be recognized and celebrated along with the Top 100 Leaders in Bioenergy, the winners of the 2013-14 Biofuels Digest Awards, and the winners of the annual Lifetime Achievement Award and the Global Bioenergy Leadership Award.
Winners will also be recognized in profiles at biofuelsdigest.com — as well as via an extensive PR campaign that will celebrate the winners and the spirit of innovation during the remainder of the calendar year.
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