Biofuels start up KiOR was developing a proprietary technology that had the potential to radically influence the emerging renewable energy landscape: a procedure that converted cellulosic biomass into "bio-crude," a hydrocarbon mixture with properties to those of crude oil.
KiOR was running as a virtual organization, but with enterprise funding set up, founder and chief technology officer Paul O'Connor and the KiOR board needed to determine where to headquarter their company.
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