Solazyme Receives San Francisco Business Times’ Bay Area Green Business Award in Renewable Energy - Fuels

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Solazyme, Inc., the renewable oil production company and leader in algal biotechnology that creates sustainable fuels, industrial chemicals and health and wellness ingredients from microalgae, received the San Francisco Business Times’ Bay Area Green Business Award for Renewable Energy – Fuels. The awards, which were presented at a ceremony June 11, recognize the Bay Area’s most promising clean technology companies.

“This award further demonstrates the importance of our technology and research and recognizes our position in the industry during this critical time for our environment and for energy security.”

A panel of Bay Area esteemed experts in clean technology judged more than 200 nominations in 14 categories. The judging was completed over a three month intensive process to ensure all recipients met the strict standards set out by the San Francisco Business Times.

“The San Francisco Bay Area is the heart of Green Technology innovation, we are proud to be selected for this honor, recognizing the work we’ve done in bringing renewable oil production and algal fuel to commercialization,” said Jonathan Wolfson, chief executive officer of Solazyme. “This award further demonstrates the importance of our technology and research and recognizes our position in the industry during this critical time for our environment and for energy security.”

About Solazyme:

Solazyme, Inc. is a renewable oil production company and the leader in algal synthetic biology. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in South San Francisco, Solazyme’s unique microbial conversion technology process allows algae to produce oil in standard conversion technology facilities quickly, efficiently and at large scale. These oils are tailored not only for biofuel production, but also as replacements for fossil petroleum and plant oils in a diverse range of products running from green household cleaning supplies to cosmetics and foods. Solazyme’s oils and biofuels provide compelling solutions to increasingly complex issues of fuel scarcity, energy security and environmental impact while fitting cleanly into the pre-existing multi-trillion dollar fuel infrastructure. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.solazyme.com.