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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001354488-10-000444
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20091231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100216
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100216

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Sorgenti Harold
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001420115

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-51354
		FILM NUMBER:		10610898

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1735 MARKET STREET SUITE 3930
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19103

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AE Biofuels, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000738214
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860]
		IRS NUMBER:				840925128
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20400 STEVENS CREEK BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 700
		CITY:			CUPERTINO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95014
		BUSINESS PHONE:		561-798-2907

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20400 STEVENS CREEK BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 700
		CITY:			CUPERTINO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95014

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MARWICH II LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19840123
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        <footnote id="F1">Grant of Stock Option pursuant to the Company's 2007 Stock Option Plan; 50% of the options vest at grant date and 1/24th vest every 3 months thereafter.</footnote>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>Power of Attorney</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; font-size:12pt">Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Todd Waltz, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-18.667px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-24px; font-size:12pt">(1)</P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; padding-left:48px; font-size:12pt">prepare, execute in the undersigned&#146;s name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;</P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-18.667px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-24px; font-size:12pt">(2)</P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; padding-left:48px; font-size:12pt">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#146;s capacity as an officer and/or director of &nbsp;AE Biofuels, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may require to file in connection with the undersigned&#146;s ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;</P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-18.667px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-24px; font-size:12pt">(3)</P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; padding-left:48px; font-size:12pt">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-18.667px; padding-left:48px; text-indent:-24px; font-size:12pt">(4)</P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; padding-left:48px; font-size:12pt">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.</P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; font-size:12pt">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; font-size:12pt">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:16px; font-size:12pt; page-break-before:always">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this _<U>12th</U>_ day of _<U>February</U>___, 2010.</P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0px; font-size:12pt"><U>/s/ &nbsp;Harold Sorgenti</U>________________</P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0px; font-size:12pt">_<U>Harold Sorgenti</U>____________________</P>
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