GreenBeat Week in Review - KiOR readies IPO to convert woodchips to biofuel - April 18, 2011

View this email as a webpage | Forward to a friend April 18, 2011 FORWARD THIS EMAIL JOIN US ON TWITTER / FACEBOOK KiOR readies IPO to convert woodchips to biofuel The latest cleantech company to file for an initial public offering is KiOR, which wants to raise $100 million for a new plant that converts wood chips to petroleum, as covered in our biggest story of the week. Other popular posts looked at Google's investment in a solar energy project and the Energy Department's projections about solar car growth. - Anthony Ha TOP STORIES KiOR looks to $100M IPO to convert woodchips to biofuel April 12, 2011 | Matthew Lynley Google drops $168M in California solar power tower April 11, 2011 | Matthew Lynley Energy Dept. says U.S. on track for 1M electric cars by 2015 April 13, 2011 | Matthew Lynley BMW hires lead electric-car engineer from Chevy Volt team April 11, 2011 | John Voelcker Leaf start-up glitch leaves electric vehicle drivers, Nissan stranded April 11, 2011 | Matthew Lynley UPCOMING EVENTS VentureBeat Mobile Summit - April 25-26, Sausalito, CA Green:Net 2011 - April 21, San Francisco, CA Social-Loco - May 5, San Francisco CONNECTIONS - June 28-30, Santa Clara, CA VENTUREBEAT JOB BOARD GHG Inventory Consultant Boulder, CO Renewable Choice Energy Sustainability Analyst Boulder, CO Renewable Choice Energy Major Gifts Officer Cambridge, MA Union of COncerned Scientists COMPANIES IN THE NEWS BMW, BrightSource Energy, Coda, General Motors, Google, Khosla Ventures, Kior, Nissan , NRG Energy, Tesla Motors PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Barack Obama Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Join us on LinkedIn Provided by , the leading news source on technology innovation. 50 California Street, Suite 3270, San Francisco, CA 94111 If you would like to no longer receive this newsletter, click here to change your subscription preferences, or click here to unsubscribe. © 2010 VentureBeat