New Biofuels Digest columnist praises POET management principles

Biofuels Digest launched a new column today from Dr. Rosalie Lober, MBA, author of Run Your Business Like a Fortune 100: 7 Principles for Boosting PROFITS. In the words of Biofuels Digest:

Today’s first column focuses on POET, which has in 2008-09 managed the remarkable feat of becoming one of the two largest ethanol producers in the country while landing in the top 10 of the Hottest 50 Companies in Bioenergy.

Read the full column here.

The National Clean Energy Summit 2.0

POET CEO Jeff Broin attended the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas last week. While at the Summit, Broin also participated in a media call for the release of Growth Energy's Biofuels Road Map.

Broin attended the Summit to talk to elected officials and other industry leaders about the role that ethanol is playing in our transition to a clean energy economy. The conference included discussions of various alternative energy technologies, but many of them are still years from achieving commercial scale. Ethanol is available today and is already displacing imported oil.

He talked about these issues and more during an interview with Clean Skies TV at the Summit:

National Clean Energy Summit 2.0

A few of us from POET will attend the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 in Las Vegas on August 10. The event is hosted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the objective is to "bring together some of the most respected leaders from industry, science, government, and advocacy organizations to discuss a policy agenda for creating good jobs in the new economy by accelerating the deployment of clean energy and energy efficiency, advancing energy independence, and ensuring long-term prosperity for Nevada, the nation, and the world."

The impressive lineup at the event includes former President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, T. Boone Pickens, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Center for American Progress President & CEO John Podesta, Growth Energy Co-Chairman Gen. Wesley Clark and many others. We're looking forward to some good conversations about how the transition to a clean energy economy can create jobs and economic development for America.

Clean Skies TV will provide a live stream of the event and I will be posting regular updates on Twitter.