Biofuel Startup KiOR Threatens to Veer Off the Road

  Alternative energy company KiOR, which aimed to lead the nation into a future in which fuel manufactured from wood chips, grasses and other plant materials would replace petroleum, now faces dire financial difficulties that may threaten the company’s future. (See earlier story on KiOR: “Beyond Ethanol: Drop-In Biofuels Squeeze Gasoline From Plants.”)   Continue reading on The Great Energy Challenge Energy Blog.