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When: Wednesday, Dec 10, 2014 Where: Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, 1640 Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, TN Featuring: Kevin Knobloch, Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Energy Wednesday, December 10th 1:00 – 6:00 PM National experts will highlight best practices in advanced energy and manufacturing finance and discuss how we can grow advanced energy companies, technologies […]

Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council members Mary Shafer Gill of ARiES Energy and Tom Ballard of Pershing Yoakley & Associates participated in the Knoxville Entrepreneur Roundtable on November 7, 2014 at the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center. The panelists discussed how startup companies succeed and what factors are influencing entrepreneurship in the area. Perhaps the most captivating questions of the afternoon: “How can […]

TAEBC had the pleasure of participating in a workshop at the Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy this week to brainstorm energy policy ideas and topics for consideration in the context of a state energy plan. The workshop complements a Baker Center project funded by the State of Tennessee to create a state energy […]

The City of Chattanooga’s smart grid is about to get even smarter with the help of the Oak Ridge National Lab. The Oak Ridge National Lab, the U.S. Department of Energy and the city-owned EPB signed an agreement this week for DOE researchers and computer experts from Oak Ridge to help EPB better analyze and control the volumes of data gathered continuously […]

TAEBC reconvened participants from the Knox County Mayor’s manufacturer’s energy roundtable to talk more about energy challenges and opportunities the industry faces in Knox County. Joining TAEBC at the RAMP conference were: Dean Lee, Head Location Management, Siemens Kennon Rollins, Engineering Manager, Keurig Green Mountain Ben Armijo, Utilities Manager, Dow Chemical As an end-use sector, […]

The “AM” in RAMP stands for advanced manufacturing-Regional Advanced Manufacturing Partnership. There is no “E” for energy to be found in that acronym so, some of you might be wondering why TAEBC is participating in an advanced manufacturing event. Here’s why: energy plays a very important role in manufacturing and manufacturing (especially automotive) is an […]

By Jessica Lubetsky, The Pew Charitable Trusts Each year, U.S. utilities and factories send enough energy in the form of heat up their chimneys to power all of Japan. That heat, when captured and processed through proven industrial efficiency technologies, can be put to work heating or cooling buildings and/or generating additional electricity. Making use of otherwise […]

The TAEBC delegation is back from a fruitful trip to Washington D.C. and plans are underway to make it an annual event for our members. Thanks to Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Danielson and Congressman Fleischmann for inviting TAEBC to the American Energy & Manufacturing Competitiveness Summit and taking time to talk with our members […]

In some of our recent blog posts, we’ve described three distinctive features of Tennessee’s energy economy that together reflect the challenges and opportunities for the expansion of advanced energy technologies: High Per-Capita Energy Consumption A Gap in Personal Income The Potential of Three Major Players (and who are they?) This information comes out of a […]

The Energy Technology and Environmental Business Association (ETEBA) hosted the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council’s (TAEBC) Cortney Piper during its monthly dinner meeting on August 28 at the Holiday Inn Cedar Bluff in Knoxville. Piper spoke about the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council and its mission to promote advanced energy as a job creation and economic development […]

TAEBC hosted a variety of companies including Nike, FedEx, Lallemand American Yeast, Jones Lang LaSalle, Thompson Power, Siemens Medical and TRANE as well as companies from across the state to discuss the future of distributed generation in Tennessee with Joe Hoagland, Vice President of Stakeholder Relations, TVA. Joe Hoagland discussed how to model and understand […]