At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 23 Biomass Energy companies in California, United States. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Biomass Energy Companies & Startups (California, United States)
Global Clean Energy Holdings
Vertically integrated producer of ultra-low-carbon, non-food, renewable fuels. Assets span from agronomy IP to a Calif. biorefinery.
Founder(s): Richard Palmer
Location: Torrance, California, United States
Industries: Animal Feed, Biofuel, Biomass Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy
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Solazyme
Solazyme is a synthetic biology company converting algal biomass into biofuels for the transportation, cosmetic and food industries.
Founder(s): Harrison Dillon, Jonathan Wolfson
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Biomass Energy, Chemical
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San Joaquin Renewables
San Joaquin Renewables convert unwanted orchard residues into renewable CNG, the cleanest transportation fuels on the market today.
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Location: Mcfarland, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Biomass Energy, Energy, Fuel, Oil and Gas
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All Power Labs
All Power Labs is a global company that makes biomass gasified generators to serve real world distributed energy needs.
Founder(s): Jim Mason
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: Biomass Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy
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LytEn
LytEn focuses on providing disruptive clean energy solutions.
Founder(s): Daniel Cook, Lars Herlitz, Scott Mobley, William Wraith III
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Industries: Biomass Energy, Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy
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Community Fuels
Community Fuels is an advanced producer of biomass-based diesel fuels.
Founder(s): Brad Baker, Lisa Mortenson
Location: Encinitas, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Biomass Energy, Energy Efficiency
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AFINGEN®
Designing crops for the next generation
Founder(s): Ai Oikawa
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Animal Feed, Biomass Energy, Biotechnology, Genetics, GreenTech
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Micromidas
Micromidas provides microbial biorefinery technology for wastewater treatment.
Founder(s): John Bissell, Ryan Smith
Location: West Sacramento, California, United States
Industries: Biomass Energy, Chemical, Waste Management
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Primary Ocean
Vertically Integrated Seaweed Biotech Corp Providing Sea to Soil Sustainability Solutions from Seaweed
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Location: Santa Barbara, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, AgTech, Aquaculture, Biofuel, Biomass Energy, Biotechnology
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Mavericks Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy Finance and Development Smart MicroGrid and Smart Energy Infrastructure
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Location: Santa Cruz, California, United States
Industries: Biomass Energy, Clean Energy, Energy, Energy Management, Energy Storage, Power Grid, Renewable Energy, Solar
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Spatial Informatics Group
Spatial Informatics Group provides environmental mapping, risk assessment, transportation modelling & geospatial data integration services.
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Location: Pleasanton, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Biomass Energy, Forestry
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Crimson Midstream
Crimson owns and operates oil and gas pipeline systems that provides crude oil transportation and storage services for shippers.
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Location: Signal Hill, California, United States
Industries: Biomass Energy, Energy, Oil and Gas
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Allopartis
Allopartis develops enzymes to convert biomass into sugar for cellulosic biofuel production and industrial biotechnology.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Biomass Energy, Biotechnology
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Genentech BioOncology
Genentech BioOncology is a biopharma company located in San Francisco.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biomass Energy, Biopharma, Biotechnology
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Vertimass
Vertimass is a renewables & environment company that specializes in grasses and agricultural and forestry residues.
Founder(s):
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Biomass Energy, Fuel, Renewable Energy
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Agra Energy
Agra Energy aims at introducing cutting-edge technology to transform methane gas waste into clean renewable fuels.
Founder(s):
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Industries: Biomass Energy, Environmental Consulting, Renewable Energy
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JLA
JLA is a energy company located in Fremont.
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Location: Fremont, California, United States
Industries: Biomass Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy
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West Bio Services
West Bio Services is a medical waste management service provider targeting medical facilities in California and the western United States.
Founder(s): Alex Buss
Location: Temecula, California, United States
Industries: Biomass Energy, Service Industry, Waste Management
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Elna Leonardo
Elna Leonardo is a energy and renewable energy company located in Los Angeles.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Biomass Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy
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Shadowfax Roofing and Solar
Shadowfax is a provider of residential re roofing, composition asphalt shingles, new roof installations and solar roofing services.
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Location: Campbell, California, United States
Industries: Biomass Energy, Construction, Solar
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Agrobrasilia
Agrobrasilia is a Biomass company that produces renewable products.
Founder(s):
Location: Century City, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Biomass Energy, Energy, Fuel, Pharmaceutical
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Isarporation
ISA Corporation offers solar panel installation services and products including solar panel mounting frames
Founder(s):
Location: Union City, California, United States
Industries: Biomass Energy, Energy, Solar
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R V C Enterprises
R V C Enterprises is a energy and renewable energy company located in Tracy.
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Location: Tracy, California, United States
Industries: Biomass Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy
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