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.
Vanderbilt’s Center for Tech Transfer and Commercialization’s mission is to provide professional commercialization services to the Vanderbilt community, thus optimizing the flow of innovation to the marketplace and generating revenue that supports future research activities, while having a positive impact on society.
We accomplish this by serving as an efficient and effective conduit for the transfer of promising intellectual property to industry; contributing to regional economic development by licensing locally and supporting new venture creation; and encouraging greater translational research collaborations between academia and industry.
The Angel Roundtable was founded in 2012 by a group of successful “serial entrepreneurs”, seasoned executives and professionals who invest in early stage companies.
The group meets periodically and listens to presentations from entrepreneurs representing candidate companies. If some of our membership show an interest in a presenting company, roundtable management facilitates collaboration efforts to complete due diligence, negotiate terms and execute the investment.
Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is the U.S.-based subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader in tires and rubber, building on its expertise to provide solutions for safe and sustainable mobility. Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., Bridgestone Americas employs more than 45,000 people across its worldwide operations. Bridgestone offers a diverse product portfolio of premium tires and advanced solutions backed by innovative technologies, improving the way people around the world move, live, work and play.
Centrus Energy Corp. is a trusted supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants in the United States and around the world. Its mission is to provide reliable and competitive fuel goods and services to meet the needs of its customers, consistent with the highest levels of integrity, safety, and security.
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) is organized and administered to effectively protect human health and the environment, conserve natural resources, manage state parks and promote overall quality of life in Tennessee.
TDEC exists to enhance the quality of life for citizens of Tennessee and to be stewards of our natural environment by:
The TDEC department is committed to providing a cleaner, safer environment that goes hand-in-hand with economic prosperity and increased quality of life in Tennessee. The department delivers on its mission through managing regulatory programs that maintain standards for air, water and soil quality while providing assistance to businesses and communities in areas ranging from recreation to waste management. Its staff also manages the state park system and programs to inventory, interpret and protect Tennessee’s rich natural, historical and archaeological heritage.
From project finance through project development and construction, Bradley’s Energy Team offers expertise in all areas of the global energy industry. Its attorneys have significant experience representing clients in both traditional and renewable energy sectors, including solar, wind, landfill gas, nuclear, natural gas and coal energy projects.
Strata-G, LLC is a team of approximately 200 engineers, scientists, safety professionals, and project managers dedicated to the responsible care of client entrusted resources in the environmental, energy, defense, utilities, and infrastructure sectors.