TVA responded to stakeholder input and market demand for more advanced energy options when it announced the Flexibility Proposal earlier this year. The Flexibility Proposal gives local power companies the opportunity to self-generate or procure distributed generation. Technologies and solutions seem limitless and ever changing as utilities try to navigate how to become energy companies […]

This year’s Innovation Crossroads Showcase emphasized the value of statewide partnerships and entrepreneurship in the East Tennessee region. Presented by the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council and LaunchTN, the virtual event took place during Innov865 Week 2020.   Kicking off the event, TAEBC Executive Director Cortney Piper spoke about TAEBC’s partnership with LaunchTN and creation of […]

Join us for the Innovation Crossroads Showcase during Innov865 Week 2020! The virtual event will take place Wednesday, September 30 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET. Register today to attend! Innovation Crossroads, located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), is the Southeast’s only entrepreneurial research and development program based at a U.S. Department of […]

(Originally published in the Knoxville News Sentinel)  By Cortney Piper, Executive Director of TAEBC Tennessee unemployment lingers close to 10% as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to chew through livelihoods across the state. Likewise, millions of Americans are unemployed. The state has an opportunity in this economic downturn, however, to add jobs and make the state a […]

Dan Hurst, CEO and Founder of Knoxville-based Strata-G, has sold his company to two of his longtime vice presidents. Elliott Barnett will assume the position of CEO, and John Patterson will serve as president. Strata-G is a valued member of the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council, while Hurst is a founding board member. “These guys […]

Nashville-based Clearloop recently partnered with its first business, Boston-based Impact Snacks, a healthy snack company that “reclaims more carbon than it makes, produces no plastic and harnesses the power of collective action leaving nothing behind except for a better, cleaner world.” Founded by former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, Laura Zapata, and Bob Corney in 2019, […]

LaunchTN’s 36|86 Entrepreneurship Festival celebrates visionaries and innovators who are actively shaping their entrepreneurial ecosystems through their expertise, research and forward-thinking ideas.  During the 10-day, virtual festival, Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council Executive Director, Cortney Piper, spoke in a panel session about innovation partnerships, while the Innovation Crossroads Cohort Three startups held a live Q&A […]

Volkswagen plans to break ground soon on a state-of-the-art, high-voltage laboratory at its Chattanooga Assembly plant. The lab, an extension of the plant’s Engineering and Planning Center, will be used to develop and test electric vehicle cells and battery packs for upcoming models assembled in the United States. It is expected to be fully operational […]

On August 12, the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council hosted a webinar featuring the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI). During the event, panelists discussed the status of a $150 billion federal stimulus proposal to strengthen our nation’s transportation infrastructure and what it could mean for Tennessee. Alongside 50 other cleantech companies, organizations and government entities, […]

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) released its first-ever sustainability report late last month. The 2019 TVA Sustainability Report provides a comprehensive snapshot of the energy, environmental, economic, and societal impacts of TVA’s everyday activities and will serve as a baseline for future annual corporate sustainability reporting. “While sustainability and integrated planning have always been part […]

Solar Power World, the industry’s leading source for technology, development and installation news, has unveiled its 2020 Top Solar Contractors list. The list ranks applicants according to their influence in the U.S. solar industry in 2019. This year TAEBC member Silicon Ranch Corporation ranked #19 on the list, installing 282,544 kW in 2019 and a […]

(Originally published on Department of Energy) The Department of Energy (DOE) will award 105 grants totaling $116 million to 92 small businesses in 31 states, including some in Tennessee.  Funded through DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, the selections are for Phase II research and development (R&D).  Small […]