Formerly known as Broin, POET™ is a fully-integrated biofuels company, orchestrating the development, design, engineering, construction and management of ethanol production facilities and then marketing the products. There are 20 POET Biorefining production facilities in five states producing and marketing over one billion gallons of ethanol annually. When seven additional plants under construction or in development start production, annual capacity will exceed 1.5 billion gallons.

Cambridge-based Verenium Corporation is a leader in the development and commercialization of cellulosic ethanol, an environmentally-friendly and fully-renewable transportation fuel, as well as high-performance specialty enzymes for application within the biofuels, industrial, and health and nutrition markets. For decades, fossilized hydrocarbons have formed the primary building blocks for fuels, plastics, drugs, industrial chemicals and even foodstuffs -- in short, the essentials of modern life. Verenium is developing new pathways to derive these same chemical building blocks from abundant, cellulosic biomass -- natural resources that are both renewable and widely distributed throughout the world. With its unique combination of expertise in enzymatic and fermentation technology, Verenium is developing new, lower-cost ways to produce these chemical building blocks and cost-effective, lower-impact

ICM, Inc., is focused on sustaining agriculture through innovation by engineering, building, and supporting ethanol plants. As an industry leader, the company's process technology was featured in more than 2/3 of the ethanol facilities built in North America in 2006. For more information, visit icminc.com.

Established in the 1970s, Iogen Corporation has become one of Canada's leading biotechnology firms. Iogen is the world leader in technology to produce cellulose ethanol, a fully renewable, advanced biofuel that can be used in today's cars. Iogen is also an industrial manufacturer of enzyme products with a focus on products for use by the pulp and paper, textile and animal feed industries.

Baker & McKenzie's market leading global climate change and emissions trading practice has the most experienced team of lawyers from multiple disciplines focused on optimizing the carbon markets and managing the risks of climate change law for its clients, which include major financial institutions, multinational companies, project developers, multilateral institutions and governments. We have advised on many of the market-defining transactions to date under the CDM and continue to help shape the global carbon markets focusing on the emerging U.S. policy and monetization potentials for U.S. investments. With more than 3,200 lawyers in 70 offices in 38 countries, we are able to offer unparalleled service to our clients in this new global market.

Ceres, Inc. (www.ceres.net) is the leading developer of high-yielding energy crops that can be planted as feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol production. Its development efforts cover switchgrass, miscanthus and other energy crops. Founded in 1997 as a plant genomics company, Ceres holds the largest proprietary collection of fully sequenced plant genes. The privately held company also licenses its traits to other organizations. Ceres headquarters are located in Thousand Oaks, California.

Edenspace is developing enhanced corn, switchgrass and other plants as optimized energy crop feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol production, adding traits such as expression of cellulases and other enzymes that provide significant downstream process advantages and lower costs. Collaborating institutions include the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Michigan State University and Oklahoma State University, with $2.8 million in funding support from the U.S. Department of Energy.

A Danisco Division, Genencor is amongst the largest developers and manufacturers of industrial enzymes and the second largest biotechnology company in the world. Genencor discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers eco-friendly, efficient enzyme product solutions for the agri processing, cleaning and textiles, food and feed, consumer, and industrial markets.

Jefferies, a global investment bank and institutional securities firm, has served growing and mid-sized companies and their investors for 45 years. Headquartered in New York, with more than 25 offices around the world, Jefferies provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, securities research and asset management. The firm is a leading provider of trade execution in equity, high yield, convertible and international securities for institutional investors and high net worth individuals. Jefferies & Company, Inc. is the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF; www.jefferies.com).

Lignol's process technology for refiningcellulosic biomass into fuel-grade ethanol and other biochemicals has positioned the company as one of the world's most promising "Cellulose to Ethanol" solutions.

Michael Best has one of the Midwest's foremost legal practices serving the renewable energy industry. Our lawyers have substantial experience in ethanol, biodiesel, biomass, and wind sectors. Along with an understanding industry trends and issues, we provide the sophisticated legal support that renewable energy producers and investors need to succeed. We have substantial experience with independent developers, private equity investors, farmer-owned cooperatives, and regulated utilities in the development of renewable projects including biofuels, wind, biomass and hydroelectric projects. We also represent innovative companies and investors who are developing the next generation of renewable energy technologies. We provide these and other renewable energy clients with strategic legal counsel involving project development and finance, mergers and acquisitions, offtake and supply arrangements, intellectual property protection, land use, tax, legislative guidance, commodity hedging, contracting and permitting, and other business-related concerns.

Stoel Rives' Biofuels Group has counseled developers and investors 30-120 mgy ethanol and biodiesel production facilities throughout the nation. We recently represented VeraSun Energy Corporation in its $420 million initial public offering. Additionally, our Technology Ventures Group assists promising new ventures, advising the best new technology companies with a unique combination of legal knowledge and business, entrepreneurial and financial experience. Our Western U.S. practice has been strengthened by the addition of a new office in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

AMEC is an international project management and services company that designs, delivers and supports client assets for customers across the public and private sectors. AMEC employs more than 20,000 people working from a network of offices throughout the U.K., U.S. and Canada, as well as regional offices and projects worldwide. In North America, AMEC has approximately 7,500 employees operating from 160 offices. Ranked #1 in the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the last 3 years, our sustainable approach ensures that every project we undertake will deliver long-term benefits to our clients and to the communities in which they operate. We have provided a wide range of environmental and engineering services to renewable fuel sector leaders such as BIOX Corporation, Verenium, Suncor, and Pacific Ethanol, Inc.

BlueFire Ethanol, Inc. is established to deploy the commercially ready, patented, and proven Arkenol Technology Process for the profitable conversion of cellulosic ("Green Waste") waste materials to ethanol, a viable alternative to gasoline. BlueFire's use of the Arkenol Process Technology positions it as the only cellulose-to-ethanol company worldwide with demonstrated production of ethanol from urban trash (post-sorted MSW), rice and wheat straws, wood waste and other agricultural residues