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   The World's Most Intriguing Startups
BusinessWeek | November 12, 2009
"BusinessWeek set out to find the world's most intriguing new companies. After much reporting and research, we've assembled a list that's a barometer of innovation trends in the global economy, with startups that are pioneering new markets in biotechnology, clean technology, health care, and Web computing."
   BioFuelBox installs first biodiesel plant in Idaho
Biodiesel Magazine | September 29, 2009

"BioFuelBox Inc. announced its first installation of a new biodiesel technology has been operational since August at a potato processing facility in American Falls, Idaho. 'Since we turned the plant on in August we’ve had 15 consecutive ASTM passes, and it hasn't failed,' said Rick Reddy, vice president of marketing."
   The GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies of 2009
BioFuelBox Named as Category Winner for the 2009 GoingGreen Top 100
AlwaysOn | September 3, 2009


"... Equally innovative is our winner in Resource Recovery and Waste Management, BioFuelBox, a company that manufactures a turnkey waste-to-energy system...."
   50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy
Biofuels Digest | September 2, 2009

BioFuelBox ranked among the top 50 hottest companies by Biofuels Digest.
   SPECIAL REPORT: The Next Energy Innovators
BusinessWeek | July 18, 2009

"The company wasn't the first to figure out how to cook waste into useful stuff. But BioFuelBox realized the true value lay not in selling disposal systems to customers but in saving them money by taking their refuse for free. So it developed compact refineries that can be loaded onto flatbed trucks and sent to waste sites. Even if the government eliminates subsidies for biodiesel, the company says it can profitably sell its fuel for the same price truckers pay for oil-based diesel."
   Greentech Investing Not Dead: Element Partners Raises $486M
Greentech Media | March 9, 2009

"Element Partners, a VC firm thats part of the Draper, Fisher, Jurveston galaxy, has raised a second fund of $486 million. The firm initially only wanted to get $400 million.... Element spans the gamut of green ideas. Some of its more interesting companies: ... BioFuelBox, for distributed biofuel production...."
   The New "Black Gold": Biofuel from Sewage
CleanTechnica.com | February 15, 2009

"The BioFuelBox model also stands to reduce costs and emissions associated with infrastructure maintenance. By converting waste into a usable or marketable product it provides a direct financial incentive to capture more grease on-site, before it enters the sewer system and clogs up the arteries."
   National Biodiesel Board Expo: Special Biofuels Digest 'heard on the floor' report
Biofuels Digest | February 3, 2009

BioFuelBox's "... first plant is scheduled to go online in March in Idaho at a potato processing facility. 'Each industry has its peculiar set of contaminants, potatoes are high in starch, and our plants can be tweaked to take each situation in hand and control it. We produce fully ASTM compliant fuel and our pilot plant has passed the new Cold Soak requirement with flying colors.'"
   Idaho technology, Idaho waste, Idaho fuel
Idaho Business Review | December 29, 2008

"A San Jose, Calif.-based alternative energy company is planning to take advantage of a byproduct of Idahos biggest crop: waste oil from potato processing.... BioFuelBox has come up with a system thats not only capable of churning out at least 1 million gallons of high-grade biodiesel from the sludge, but is compact enough to be transported via truck and installed right next to the feedstock."
   'Biorefinery-in-a-box' to debut in Idaho with revenue sharing model for wastewater oil recovery
Biofuels Digest | December 12, 2008

"The BioFuelBox busines model is to install a processor at its own expense and to revenue share on the biodiesel extracted by its technology."
   Waste fuels alternative energy firm
Startups technology turns animal by-products, other waste
into fuel

Sacramento Business Journal | December 10, 2008


"BioFuelBox Corp. wants to take brown sludge thats dumped into landfills and turn it into fuel. The company has a three-year lead on patented technology that converts waste from food and animal processing facilities as well as municipal treatment plants into odorless biofuel. The alternative energy meets industry standards for road use."
   Got waste? Startups turn it into fuel
Silicon Valley Business Journal | November 10, 2008

"The San Jose-based company has emerged from stealth mode with plans to create a network of 'bio-refineries in a box,' facilities that will be located where the waste is produced. The first production plant - located in Idaho - is scheduled to be installed in January with more on the way, said Chief Executive Officer Steven Perricone."
   5 AlwaysOn Green Companies to Watch
earth2tech GigaOM | September 15, 2008

"Monday night is the start of the two-day AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference, and the organizers are doling out awards to the top 100 green private companies. While the majority of the list comprises the well-known players in the cleantech biz, ... there are a few names on the list that weve been meaning to profile more closely."
   BioFuelBox - Biodiesel Technology at Your Doorstep
EcoWorld | May 5, 2008

"Ethanol production is becoming more popular, but it is still unrealistic to think that it will replace the more efficient fossil fuels. It is good to have options, though: BioFuelBox makes the process of biofuel production a more attractive one by providing a unique product that is capable of manufacturing biodiesel from waste products ranging from algae and cooking oil to chicken fat and waste fish oil.... The company is successfully eliminating almost every reason NOT to become a part of the biodiesel revolution."
   BioFuelBox, Funding for Distributed Biofuels
earth2tech GigaOM | October 19, 2007

"The... Calif.-based companys web site says its technology is a 'bio-refinery in a box' — a modular container that produces biofuel cost-effectively. The next thing to go mobile — biofuels."
   BioFuels: Now What?
ZDNet | September 11, 2007

Steven Perricone, CEO & Co-Founder of BioFuelBox, is a guest speaker on the Biofuels Panel, GoingGreen, Davis, CA. Says Perricone, "The rise in interest in biofuel has led to formation of new companies and more investment to produce new technologies. We are working on producing biodiesel fuel from industrial waste materials. Waste to fuel is our formula."

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We are the proud winner of the category Resource Recovery & Waste Management by AlwaysOn GoingGreen 2009.

In 2008, BioFuelBox was honored to be awarded among the Top 100 Winners by AlwaysOn.

BioFuelBox was specially selected from a list of more than 500, with nominations coming from top venture capital firms and a wide breadth of green technology insiders.