Category: Top Stories

Jatropha around the world: As SGB raises $11M, here’s a 13-country tour of development activity

Jatropha around the world: As SGB raises $11M, here’s a 13-country tour of development activity

September 11, 2014 |

The 2000s-era wonder crop went quiet as “plant anything, anywhere” gave way to the “develop genetics, boost yield” movement, led by SGB. Today, SGB moves forward again with new financing. In California, SGB announced an $11 million Series C financing to drive commercial rollout, after reducing the time to maturity from 5 years to 1-2 […]

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Liquid Light raises $15M and a lot of eyebrows as it advances towards making $$ out of waste CO2.

Liquid Light raises $15M and a lot of eyebrows as it advances towards making $$ out of waste CO2.

September 11, 2014 |

Used to put the “renewable” in Coca-Cola’s wildly successful Plant Bottle? That’s ethylene glycol. But there’s a better, cheaper way to make it , says Liquid Light – which now has a hatful of investors jumping on the bandwagon. Here are some things you could do that will never happen. You could gasify $100 bills […]

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Editor’s Sketchbook: DuPont cellulosic ethanol project, Nevada, IA

Editor’s Sketchbook: DuPont cellulosic ethanol project, Nevada, IA

September 11, 2014 |

It towers above the surrounding central Iowa countryside like the Launch Assembly Building lords it over Cape Canaveral — it’s the new DuPont cellulosic ethanol project, on the outskirts of the town of Nevada. Functional yet inspiring, imposing yet accessible — when it opens before year end 2014 it is sure to be a monumental addition […]

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Bitter KiOR dispute boils over online, as six new documents surface

Bitter KiOR dispute boils over online, as six new documents surface

September 9, 2014 |

6 new documents surface in SEC filings, tracing more background in the stormy battle between KiOR and former company director Paul O’Connor.  O’Connor called for entire management team to resign. Pointed to troubles in R&D back in 2012. “I cannot just stand back and watch,” he writes in 2013. In today’s Digest, we publish a series […]

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KIOR — The August 31 2014 O’Connor resignation letter

KIOR — The August 31 2014 O’Connor resignation letter

September 9, 2014 |

In today’s Digest, we publish a series of six documents that were filed in the past week with the SEC, relating to KiOR, and a growing dispute between the company’s Board — and an individual director, Paul O’Connor. It is important to note KiOR’s response: “The Company intends to continue to vigorously respond to allegations […]

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KIOR — The Spring 2013 O’Connor note

KIOR — The Spring 2013 O’Connor note

September 9, 2014 |

In today’s Digest, we publish a series of six documents that were filed in the past week with the SEC, relating to KiOR, and a growing dispute between the company’s Board — and an individual director, Paul O’Connor. It is important to note KiOR’s response: “The Company intends to continue to vigorously respond to allegations […]

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KIOR — The April 30 2012 O’Connor memo

KIOR — The April 30 2012 O’Connor memo

September 9, 2014 |

In today’s Digest, we publish a series of six documents that were filed in the past week with the SEC, relating to KiOR, and a growing dispute between the company’s Board — and an individual director, Paul O’Connor. It is important to note KiOR’s response: “The Company intends to continue to vigorously respond to allegations […]

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KIOR — The March 22 2012 O’Connor technology assessment

KIOR — The March 22 2012 O’Connor technology assessment

September 9, 2014 |

In today’s Digest, we publish a series of six documents that were filed in the past week with the SEC, relating to KiOR, and a growing dispute between the company’s Board — and an individual director, Paul O’Connor. It is important to note KiOR’s response:  “The Company intends to continue to vigorously respond to allegations […]

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KIOR — The March 15 2012 O’Connor email memo

KIOR — The March 15 2012 O’Connor email memo

September 9, 2014 |

In today’s Digest, we publish a series of six documents that were filed in the past week with the SEC, relating to KiOR, and a growing dispute between the company’s Board — and an individual director, Paul O’Connor. It is important to note KiOR’s response:  “The Company intends to continue to vigorously respond to allegations […]

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KIOR — The April 21 2012 O’Connor technology assessment

KIOR — The April 21 2012 O’Connor technology assessment

September 9, 2014 |

In today’s Digest, we are publishing a series of six documents that were filed in the past week with the SEC, relating to KiOR, and a growing dispute between the company’s Board — and an individual director, Paul O’Connor. It is important to note KiOR’s response:  “The Company intends to continue to vigorously respond to allegations […]

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