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Catbird Consulting brings new and emerging technologies to market. We support academic, government, industrial, and R&D organizations, matching emerging technologies to markets, partnerships, and novel uses.

We focus on advanced technology adaptation, technology/R&D scouting, and new venture development. Using customer and market discovery best practices, we find product-market fit and develop it into efficient business models . Model and market evaluations inform development of sustainable funding plans and partnering strategies for a range of technologies, government/university R&D, and private-sector industries.

We are strategically located in Tennessee’s Technology Corridor near Oak Ridge National Lab, and other major research institutions.

The Tennessee Valley Authority provides electricity for 153 local power companies serving 10 million people in Tennessee and parts of six surrounding states, as well as directly to 58 large industrial customers and federal installations. We don’t get taxpayer funding; rather, our revenues come from sales of electricity. TVA also provides flood control, navigation, and land management for the Tennessee River system and assists local power companies and regional governments with their economic development efforts.

Our mission is just as relevant today as it was nearly nine decades ago when Congress created TVA: harness the potential of the rich resources in the Tennessee Valley region to make life better for the people who call it home. We are inspired daily to pursue new ideas and innovative solutions to improve our service to you. The 10,000 employees of TVA form an experienced, talented team committed — each and every day — to improve the quality of life for the approximately 10 million people we serve.

FirstBank, a wholly owned subsidiary of FB Financial Corporation (NYSE: FBK), has approximately $12.3 billion in total assets, ranking it in the top 3% of all U.S. commercial banks.

Since 1906, local banking has remained at the forefront of FirstBank’s approach to serving businesses, families, and individuals within the communities it calls home. FirstBank is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and has 82 full-service branches across Tennessee, South Central Kentucky, Alabama, and North Georgia along with mortgage offices throughout the Southeast.

FirstBank is the sponsor of TAEBC’s podcast, Energizing TN. You can listen to the latest episodes here.

Chroma Energy Group provides solar engineering, procurement and construction services across the Southeast, Midwest and beyond. With a team of more than 14 solar photovoltaic (PV) experts, Chroma Energy Group provides contracting services for utilities, government, industrial and commercial businesses and is committed to high standards of workmanship, cost-effective construction and quality products.

Founded in March 2023 by Ed Rottmann, Chroma Energy Group focuses on solar installation with an eye toward future growth into other renewable energy sources and products, such as storage and other clean technology initiatives.

CO.LAB is a 501c3 nonprofit based in Chattanooga, TN that accelerates early-stage startups in the sustainable mobility space.

We believe that your venture can make the world a cleaner, smarter, more sustainable place – if provided with the right resources. Our organization has the connections, means, and motivation to help you move the needle of progress forward.

Kanadevia Inova is a global greentech company operating in Waste to Energy (WtE) and Renewable Gas. Our roots are in Switzerland, where we were established in 1933 as “L. von Roll Aktiengesellschaft”, later known as Von Roll Inova. Since 2010 we have been part of the Kanadevia Corporation, one of Japan’s largest industrial and engineering firms and a longstanding partner and licensee of Von Roll Inova. To this day we foster the spirit of a traditional Swiss company combined with the know-how and economic strength of an international group.

We have been building and maintaining plants for almost 90 years. We develop projects with our clients and then draw on our experience as a general engineering, procurement and construction contractor to deliver on their behalf complex turnkey plants and system solutions for thermal and biological WtE recovery, gas upgrading and power to gas. We also offer comprehensive, expert and reliable after-sales services for operators of existing plants. Quality is our greatest asset. Our unconditional endeavours to achieve this quality, together with our long experience and honest commitment, are what we pass on to clients.

The challenge of finding the best possible solutions for our clients, again and again, is what drives us. We work with them closely to find and develop integrated solutions to their individual needs and requirements – solutions based on a blend of proven technologies and passionate innovation that meet the highest quality, efficiency and environmental protection standards. This is why we’re among the market leaders in our field: We love what we do.

Eonix is an early stage energy storage company. Our mission is to dramatically increase the energy density of next-generation energy storage technologies. ​Born from the SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany, New York in early 2013, the primary focus of Eonix is the development of advanced ionic liquid electrolytes to be used in ultracapacitors.

For over 200 years, private colleges have been serving the Volunteer state.  In 1956, the precursor of the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association (TICUA) was established to promote better cooperation among private institutions throughout the state of Tennessee.  TICUA is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of member college presidents and corporate and civic leaders.  Daily activities are coordinated by a five member staff.

TICUA engages Tennessee’s private colleges and universities to work collaboratively in areas of public policy, cost containment, and professional development to better serve the state and its citizens. The association counts among its membership each independent, non-profit, accredited college and university in Tennessee with a traditional arts and science curriculum.  In addition, there are several non-profit, accredited members that specialize in such fields as medicine, dentistry, optometry, and technology.

TICUA is a tax-exempt charitable organization under federal and state laws. All contributions are tax deductible in accordance with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service code.  The association’s fiscal year is January 1st to December 31st.

The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, IACMI, is a partnership of industry, academic institutions, as well as federal, state, and local governments that are working together to benefit the nation’s energy and economic security. This diverse public/private partnership validates manufacturing technologies that respond to private industry’s need for faster and more cost, material, and energy-efficient composite manufacturing, including recycling at the end of product life. IACMI’s research and development programs are driven by major industry participation with a focus on reducing technical risk and developing a robust supply chain to support a growing advanced composites industry.

IACMI broadly engages educational, economic development, trade, and professional organizations to build the skills and workforce critical to the growth of composite industry companies of all sizes.

IACMI is managed by Collaborative Composite Solutions Corporation (CCS), a not-for-profit organization established by the University of Tennessee Research Foundation.

Seven States in an energy solutions company that serves 154 local power companies across seven states of the Tennessee Valley. Current projects include EV chargers, solar, backup generation, combined heat and power, battery storage, data analytics and distributed energy resource management systems.

Seven States is a separate, non-profit membership corporation with the powers of a generation & transmission cooperative to serve its members.

Piper Communications is a strategic communications firm specializing in advanced energy and technology.

The company was started in 2008 at the height of the recession and quickly grew a robust client base due to its emphasis on strategic communications. Our goal is to deliver results to our clients.

Cortney Piper and her team have a comprehensive understanding of energy, technology and the industries her clients represent. We place an emphasis on strategy and have an established rapport with industry experts and media outlets in Tennessee, throughout the Southeast and on the national level.

Piper Communications has the ability to enlist a wide variety of talents to meet its clients’ needs. We have established, long-standing relationships with experienced professionals that specialize in their respective fields: website and graphic design, photography, digital ad strategy, event planning and more.

Piper Communications is an SBA certified Woman-Owned Small Business.

Piper Communications is a Protégé in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Mentor Protégé-Program.

At Johnson Energy Solutions LLC, we believe that the best path to meeting our energy needs is by “mining” the organic wastes as well as wasted heat from our farms, forests, factories, commercial buildings and waste water treatment facilities as well as the waste streams that are filling our land fills.

The “fuel feedstock” from this “mining” effort can provide clean, renewable energy while solving a number of environmental problems associated with wasted energy, solid waste, air emissions, poor forest management and water pollution.

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