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KiOR halts cellulosic fuels production at Columbus in Q1 to optimize production; need for R&D to boost yield and cut costs

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In December 2013, Cannon had said that KiOR would operate the Columbus plant “ on a limited campaign basis only ” to verify the impact of improvements. In the Friday call, he said that the company would only operate the Columbus facility during Q1 “ only to the extent we want to test and prove optimization projects. ” Earlier post.)

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US DOE awards KiOR loan guarantee supporting a more than $1B biofuels project; drop-in fuels from wood biomass

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The project would convert wood biomass into drop in biofuels such as gasoline and diesel fuel. This project is designed to complement an earlier Mississippi agreement, which requires KiOR to build three plants in Mississippi before 2015. KiOR, Inc., Earlier post.) —Fred Cannon, President and CEO of KiOR.

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Sapphire Energy and Phillips 66 parter on co-processing of algae crude oil with conventional crude

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This includes determining the optimal operating conditions for processing algae crude oil into American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)-certified diesel, gasoline and jet fuel. In 2008, the Company successfully produced 91-octane gasoline from algae that fully conformed to ASTM standards.

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