Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTX), a diversified renewable natural gas and biofuels company, announced that its CEO, Eric McAfee, was awarded the 2026 William C. Holmberg Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Bioeconomy. McAfee received the award and delivered the Holmberg Memorial Address during a ceremony on March 19, 2026, at the annual Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference in Washington D.C., hosted by Biofuels Digest. The speech is available for viewing on the Aemetis website homepage.
“I am accepting this award not just for myself, but on behalf of the team at Aemetis and my industry colleagues who have worked to make a difference in renewable fuels policy, financing, feedstocks and production,” McAfee said. “I am honored and humbled to receive this recognition, named to recognize the legacy of William Holmberg, an impactful bioeconomy leader.” The award memorializes William C. Holmberg, who advocated tirelessly for energy security and renewable fuels in his roles at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as a long-term advisor to the American Council on Renewable Energy, and as Chairman of the Biomass Coordinating Council.
“As the CEO of Aemetis and co-founder of Pacific Ethanol, Eric has spent more than two decades building in this space—not in straight lines, but through the real conditions of this industry: volatility, uncertainty, and constant change,” said Jim Lane, Editor and Publisher of Biofuels Digest. “And through all of that, he’s continued to build—projects that run, systems that scale, and companies that endure. That kind of persistence is rare—and it’s what makes this industry possible.”
Aemetis is a diversified renewable natural gas and biofuels company focused on developing and operating innovative technologies that lower energy costs and reduce emissions. The company operates a California biogas digester network and pipeline system to convert dairy waste gas into Renewable Natural Gas. It also owns and operates a 65 million gallon per year ethanol production facility in California’s Central Valley near Modesto, which supplies about 80 dairies with animal feed, and an 80 million gallon per year biodiesel production facility on the East Coast of India. Aemetis is developing a sustainable aviation fuel plant and a CO2 sequestration project in California to utilize byproducts from ethanol production. For additional information, visit www.aemetis.com.
The recognition underscores Aemetis’s role in advancing renewable energy solutions. The award is named for William Holmberg, a prominent advocate for energy security and renewable fuels. The latest news and updates regarding Aemetis are available in the company’s newsroom at https://tinyurl.com/amtxnewsroom.
