POET, DSM surge in Biofuels Hot Partners voting

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, POET and DSM made a strong move to take the lead in four categories altogether — Feedstocks (gases and residues), pretreatment, processing systems and strategic customers (biobased products).

In the bio-based world, that means partners, and plenty of them from field to wheels. Who are the best? Who’s the hottest?

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Categories and leaders in voting so far

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 – Southwest Research Institute
Pretreatment systems –  POET-DSM
Professional counselors & consultants  – Stoel Rives
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) – Boeing
Strategic customers (bio-based products) – DSM