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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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Cellulosic gasoline and diesel company KiOR, Inc. is pursuing plans to double production capacity at its Columbus, Mississippi, facility through construction of a second facility incorporating KiOR’s commercially proven technology. 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 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. ”

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

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In its Form 10-K (annual report) filed with the SEC on 17 March, cellulosic renewable fuels company KiOR said it has “ substantial doubts about [its] ability to continue as a going concern ”. Other than that commitment, however, Kior said it has no other near-term sources of financing. Earlier post.). Throughput.

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KiOR expects to produce 920K gallons of cellulosic biofuels by year end; short-term focus on economics

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Cellulosic gasoline and diesel company KiOR, Inc. Of that, EPA projected the bulk to come from the KiOR Columbus plant (5-6 million gallons of renewable gasoline and diesel). Earlier post.) With the final 2013 overall volumes and standards requiring 16.55 billion gallons, with 17 million gallons of cellulosic biofuel. Earlier post.)

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

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Bright is planning to sell its IDEA to commercial businesses only. Brights commercial truck, however, could actually make a big difference  even if you and I cant run out and buy one. a lithium battery company. have plans to bring plug-in commercial trucks to market next year. car Because unlike the 100 m.p.g.

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