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We’ve ranked the top 23 Biofuel 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 Biofuel 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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Fulcrum BioEnergy
Fulcrum BioEnergy converts household garbage into low-carbon transportation fuels, including jet fuel and diesel.
Founder(s): E. James Macias, Jim McDermott
Location: Pleasanton, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, CleanTech, Fuel, Transportation
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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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Sylvatex Inc
Sylvatex has developed a next generation cathode active material manufacturing process for electric vehicles and energy storage that lowers cost, capital, and carbon footprint.
Founder(s): Virginia Irwin Klausmeier
Location: Alameda, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Clean Energy, Energy Storage, Electric Vehicles, Lithium-ion Batteries, Nanotechnology, Manufacturing
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TeraPore Technologies
TeraPore Technologies is a Cornell University spinout that develops and manufactures high performance filters for protein separations.
Founder(s): Rachel Dorin
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Manufacturing, Nanotechnology
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Aurora Biofuels
Aurora Biofuels, now Aurora Algae, produces premium, algae-based products for the pharmaceutical, nutrition, aquaculture and fuels markets.
Founder(s): Bertrand Vick, Matt Caspari, Tasios Melis
Location: Hayward, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, CleanTech, Pharmaceutical
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Cobalt Technologies
Cobalt Technologies develops technologies that focuses and designed for biofuels.
Founder(s): Pamela Contag
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Biotechnology, CleanTech
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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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Biodico
Biodico is one of the oldest and most experienced biofuel companies in the world. Biodico has worked with the U.S. Navy.
Founder(s): Russ Teall
Location: Ventura, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Energy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability
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Blume Distillation
Blume Distillation, a biofuel tech firm, provides alcohol fuel production equipment that converts waste into alcohol fuel.
Founder(s): David Blume
Location: Watsonville, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Fuel, Transportation
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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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Caribou Biofuels
Caribou Biofuels manufactures biofuels for the conversion of biomass into fuels.
Founder(s): Blake Simmons, Kieran Mitchell
Location: Modesto, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Energy, Fuel
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Spero Energy
Spero Energy, Inc. is an Indiana based company
Founder(s): Mahdi Abu-Omar
Location: Thousand Oaks, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Energy, Natural Resources
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Allylix
Allylix develops terpene products for flavor and fragrance, food ingredients, pharmaceuticals, agricultural and biofuels markets.
Founder(s): Joseph Chappell, Joseph Noel
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Biofuel, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
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US Renewables
US Renewables is an investment firm focused on the renewable energy industry.
Founder(s): Jonathan Koch, Lee Bailey
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Business Development, Energy, Finance, Financial Services, Renewable Energy, Venture Capital
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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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Biofuelbox
BioFuelBox Corporation is an alternative energy company providing modular bio-refineries for converting waste materials into biodiesel.
Founder(s): Patricia Bright, Steven Perricone
Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, CleanTech, Energy, Oil and Gas
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Clean World Partners
CleanWorld is the leading North American innovator in advanced, high-solids anaerobic digestion (HSAD) technology.
Founder(s): Greg Hayes, Warren Smith
Location: Gold River, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Clean Energy, Renewable Energy
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Ternion Bio Industries
Ternion Bio Industries uses photo bioreactors to capture greenhouse gas emissions and recycle them into algae-based products.
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Location: San Jose, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Nutraceutical, Oil and Gas, Recycling, Solar
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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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Agromin
Agromin manufactures and supplies eco-friendly soil, organic materials and biofuels products for farmers, landscapers and gardeners.
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Location: Oxnard, California, United States
Industries: Agriculture, Biofuel, Home and Garden, Landscaping, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
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BioFuels Energy
BioFuels Energy specializes in the field of renewable energy solutions.
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Location: Encinitas, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Energy, Oil and Gas, Renewable Energy
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SCIPIO Biofuels
Scipio Biofuels is a research and development company.
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Location: Simi Valley, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Oil and Gas, Sales
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