As part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s efforts to improve the energy efficiency of the nation’s homes and buildings, lower energy costs, and enhance U.S. competitiveness in manufacturing, the Energy Department launched the new Buildings Crowdsourcing Community website last week. Administered by TAEBC member Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the new site, buildings.ideascale.com, will help technology innovators […]

Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council (TAEBC) member PHG Energy (PHGE) and the city of Lebanon, Tennessee, have signed a contract that will provide an environmentally sustainable method of waste disposal and produce green power in the process. The waste-to-energy technology, which will go on line early next year, is a downdraft gasification plant that will […]

TAEBC’s latest e-newsletter is now available online! Read the e-news here.

TAEBC member Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) was featured in CleanTechnica this week for one of its latest developments: a new energy-efficient refrigerator, thanks to a partnership between ORNL and global appliance innovator Whirlpool Corporation. The goal of the project is to design an energy-efficient refrigerator that uses less than 1 kilowatt-hour daily. Today’s models range around […]

Save the date for TAEBC’S annual meeting on the afternoon of Thursday, March 26 in Nashville. (This event, originally set for Tuesday, February 17, was rescheduled due to inclement weather.) Join us to discuss 2015 priorities and projects, including the first ever Tennessee Advanced Energy Economic Impact Report. This is our annual forum for members to provide feedback […]

Kelly Tiller, Ph.D., president and CEO of TAEBC member Genera Energy Inc., a recognized leader in industrial scale biomass feedstock supply, was named one of Biofuels Digest’s Top 125 People in the Advanced Bioeconomy. The annual Biofuels Digest’s Top 125 rankings are nominated and voted by the publication’s readers and editorial board. Tiller is ranked number […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp company, and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation have signed agreements with TAEBC member Silicon Ranch Corporation, a Nashville-based renewable energy provider, which will build and manage what will be the largest solar field in Arkansas. The 12-megawatt project will be constructed in Highland Industrial Park, located in the city of East Camden, […]

The Plains & Eastern Clean Line is a direct current transmission line that will deliver low-cost wind energy from the Oklahoma Panhandle region to utilities and customers in Arkansas, Tennessee, and other markets in the Mid-South and Southeast. The project will benefit Tennessee by providing affordable, renewable energy, investing $300 million in transmission facilities in West Tennessee that […]

TAEBC’s latest e-newsletter is now available online! Read the e-news here.

Save the date for TAEBC’S annual meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 17 in downtown Nashville. Join us to discuss 2015 priorities and projects, including the first ever Tennessee Advanced Energy Economic Impact Report. This is our annual forum for members to provide feedback on our projects/priorities that foster the growth of Tennessee’s advanced energy jobs, companies […]

TAEBC’s latest e-newsletter is now available online! Read the e-news here.  

The U.S. Department of Energy has released for public review and comment the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Plains & Eastern Clean Line transmission line project. The Draft EIS describes the project, its purpose, and assesses its potential environmental impacts. TAEBC member Clean Line Energy (Clean Line) is developing the Plains & Eastern […]