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How the rich invest in biofuels - Gates' and Khosla's latest moves

It's no surprise that Vinod Khosla is a fan of ethanol, but he's long said that it's just a stepping stone to get us off of oil. Still, the man behind Sun Microsystems and lots of ethanol research will give the keynote address at the Algae Biomass Summit in Seattle next month. But Khosla and his venture capital are not 100 percent behind algae biofuels. He told the Wall Street Journal that, "We keep looking at algae. We've looked at one to two dozen plants, haven't yet found economics that work but still believe there is room for innovation to ... Read more →

EcoMotors, Vinod Khosla and the Detroit Auto Show Jeremy Korzeniewski

Considering that the internal combustion engine has been around for so long, you could be excused if you thought that there were no more big gains to be found when it comes to the efficiency of the ...

Range Fuels breaks ground on America's 1st cellulosic ethanol plant Lascelles Linton

Range Fuels' cellulosic ethanol plant, the first in America, broke ground Tuesday in Treutlen County, Georgia. Construction of the first 20 million-gallon-per-year phase is expected to be completed ...

Khosla and BIOeCON form KiOR Inc. for more biomass-to-transportation fuel goodness Sebastian Blanco

Khosla Ventures and BIOeCON have announced they have formed a new joint venture, KiOR Inc., for "further development and commercialization of the [Biomass Catalytic Cracking Process] technology as ...

How the rich invest in biofuels - Gates' and Khosla's latest moves 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's no surprise that Vinod Khosla is a fan of ethanol, but he's long said that it's just a stepping stone to get us off of oil. Still, the man behind Sun Microsystems and lots of ethanol research will give the keynote address at the Algae Biomass Summit in Seattle next month. But Khosla and his ...

EcoMotors, Vinod Khosla and the Detroit Auto Show 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Considering that the internal combustion engine has been around for so long, you could be excused if you thought that there were no more big gains to be found when it comes to the efficiency of the design. You would be wrong, though, and EcoMotors' has a unique design ICE that is giving the company ...

Range Fuels breaks ground on America's 1st cellulosic ethanol plant 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Range Fuels' cellulosic ethanol plant, the first in America, broke ground Tuesday in Treutlen County, Georgia. Construction of the first 20 million-gallon-per-year phase is expected to be completed in 2008. Pictured, from the left, are U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman, Khosla Ventures ...

Khosla and BIOeCON form KiOR Inc. for more biomass-to-transportation fuel goodness 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Khosla Ventures and BIOeCON have announced they have formed a new joint venture, KiOR Inc., for "further development and commercialization of the [Biomass Catalytic Cracking Process] technology as well as prepare for raising significantly more capital in the next two to three years." BIOeCON has ...


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