Hot 30, Hot 40, Hot 50 leaders — as last week of voting begins

In Florida, subscriber voting entered the final week in the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy, the 30 Hottest Companies in Biobased Chemicals & Materials, and the 40 Hottest Small Companies in the Bioeconomy.

The Digest released the names of the top vote getting companies in the Hot 50, the Hot 40 and Hot 30 subscriber and photo vote balloting, so far, in alphabetical order.

What to do if you see your favorite companies’ names on the list:

Don’t get complacent. Looking back at the history of voting over the years, it can be close — a single vote has separated #1 and #2 one year. A dozen votes can mean the difference in up to five ranking positions, in some years, where the votes have become bunched up.

What to do if you don’t see your favorite companies’ names on the list:

Don’t give up.  Balloting will continue all this week, including Photo Voting, and it is expected that up to 25% of votes may come in at the end.

What you can do between now and the close of voting at 5pm Friday, October 20, 2014  to positively impact rankings?

1. If you haven’t already, vote.
2. Remind your friends and colleagues to vote.
3. Submit Photo Votes. Each Photo Vote counts for 5 votes, and the Photo Votes of the Week are eligible for big voting bonuses.
4. Don’t forget to write in any companies you like that are not listed on the ballot.

What happens now?

1. Invited International Selector voting will also conclude, and subscriber and photo votes will be tallied and weighted along with Selector Ballots.
2. The official announcement of the 2014-15 rankings will be made on November 10th at 6pm ET, at ABLCNext in San Francisco.

Complete voting rules are here.

Hot 50
Abengoa Bioenergy
ADM
Aemetis
Algenol
American Process
Amyris
BASF
Beta Renewables / Chemtex
Boeing
BP Biofuels
Butamax
Cargill
Ceres
Clariant
Cobalt Technologies
CoolPlanet Energy Systems
Cosan
Coskata
DSM
DuPont Industrial Biosciences
Dyadic
EdeniQ
Elevance Renewable Sciences
Enerkem
Ensyn
Fulcrum BioEnergy
Gevo
GranBio
Green Plains Renewable Energy
Honeywell’s UOP
ICM
Inbicon
INEOS Bio
Iogen
Joule Unlimited
LanzaTech
Mascoma
Neste Oil
Novozymes
POET
POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels
Renewable Energy Group
Sapphire Energy
Shell
Solazyme
Sweetwater Energy
Valero
Virent
Waste Management
ZeaChem

Hot 30
Amyris
Avantium
BASF
Beta Renewables
BioAmber
Braskem
Cobalt Technologies
Codexis
DSM
DuPont Industrial Biosciences
Elevance Renewable Sciences
Enerkem
Genomatica
Gevo
Green Biologics
INEOS Bio
LanzaTech
Liquid Light
Mascoma
Myriant
NatureWorks
Novozymes
OPX Biotechnologies
POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels
Renewable Energy Group
Renmatix
Solazyme
Verdezyne
Virent
ZeaChem

Hot 40
AgSolver
Allylix
ALS Bioenergy
Anellotech
Benefuel
BioprocessALGAE
Biosynthetic Technologies
BlueFire Renewables
Calysta
Canergy
Cellana
Celtic Renewables
Dyadic
EcoSynthetix
Ensyn
Genera Energy
GeoSynFuels
Green Biologics
Inbicon
Industrial Microbes
Kiverdi
Leaf Energy
Liquid Light
Lygos
Mango Materials
New Energy Farms
NexSteppe
Oberon Fuels
Propel Fuels
Reverdia
Rivertop Renewables
Segetis
SilicoLife
Siluria Technologies
Sweetwater Energy
Vertimass
Virent
xF Technologies
Yulex
ZeaChem