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

Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council (TAEBC) members and stakeholders reviewed and offered comments to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in response to its Draft 2015 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP).  The IRP takes a 20-year look at ways TVA can meet future demand for electricity beyond that which can be met by existing power sources. Our response […]

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

TAEBC’s annual meeting in Nashville on March 26 served as a forum for members to provide feedback on 2015 projects and priorities that foster the growth of Tennessee’s advanced energy jobs, companies and technologies. As well as determine the best role for TAEBC to serve as a champion, facilitator and convener of advanced energy projects and […]

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) released The Integrated Grid: A Benefit-Cost Framework in February 2015, which may help resolve the controversy brewing about the benefits and costs that distributed solar power systems bring to the electric grid. EPRI’s report presents a transparent, consistent, four-part methodology for assessing the benefits and costs of transitioning to a more Integrated Grid. […]

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

Check out this E&E TV’s OnPoint segment, featuring Bob Martineau, president of the Environmental Council of the States and a commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. What jurisdictional challenges exist within states between air agencies and public utility commissions in determining how best to comply with U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan? Martineau explains […]

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

Last Monday, March 9, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) released a draft of its 2015 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The draft long-range energy plan aims to find the best mix of energy sources TVA can rely on over the next 20 years to meet anticipated power demands. TVA began taking public comments on March 13 and will […]

TAEBC member Genera Energy was featured in Biofuels Digest for its single pass forage harvest system, also known as a field chopping system. The system set new records this year for switchgrass harvesting efficiency. With this harvest, Genera continues to optimize its efficient year-round, just-in-time biomass harvesting and delivery systems. “We are very pleased with the […]

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 […]