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KiOR seeks to double cellulosic fuels production at Columbus plant; $50M in from Khosla for Columbus II

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is pursuing plans to double production capacity at its Columbus, Mississippi, facility through construction of a second facility incorporating KiOR’s commercially proven technology. Cellulosic gasoline and diesel company KiOR, Inc. Khosla Ventures incubated KiOR in 2007 and is the lead investor. Earlier post.).

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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 December 2013, Cannon had said that KiOR would operate the Columbus plant “ on a limited campaign basis only ” to verify the impact of improvements. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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EIA: US ethanol plant capacity increases to nearly 15B gallons/year; 3rd consecutive annual increase

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Total capacity of operable ethanol plants increased by more than 500 million gallons per year in January 2016 compared with the January 2015 total of 14.369 billion gallons. billion gallons (966,000 b/d) in 2015. EPA’s 2016 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) target for 2016 includes 14.5

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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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KiOR’s project under the DOE loan guarantee program will consist of four biorefineries that will contribute approximately 250 million gallons of cellulosic biofuel to the Renewable Fuel Standard. This project is designed to complement an earlier Mississippi agreement, which requires KiOR to build three plants in Mississippi before 2015.

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Cellulosic fuels company KiOR reveals “substantial doubts” about its viability; funding needed by 1 April

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The BFCC process operates at moderate temperatures and pressures to convert biomass in a matter of seconds into a cellulosic crude oil that can be refined using standard refining equipment into cellulosic gasoline and diesel. This regeneration step creates a loop that is standard in FCC. Throughput.

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

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Sapphire Energy is now producing crude oil daily from algae biomass cultivated and harvested at the company’s Green Crude Farm, located in Columbus, New Mexico. In 2008, the Company successfully produced 91-octane gasoline from algae that fully conformed to ASTM standards. In 2013, Sapphire signed its first commercial customer, Tesoro.

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Cummins introduces 5L V8 diesel for North American light- and medium-duty commercial vehicles

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will be manufactured at the Columbus Engine Plant, with production to start during the fourth quarter of 2014. At launch, it will also meet greenhouse gas (GHG) requirements through 2016, and 2015 California Air Resources Board (ARB) standards, including on-board diagnostics. Like the new 5.0L Cummins ISV5.0 Cummins ISV5.0

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