Celebrating TAEBC’s 2024 accomplishments By Cortney Piper, Executive Director  Energy is ever present in our lives. We’ll always need it and we’ll always need it to be cleaner, safer, more […]

Episode Description How can we advance mobility solutions for all Tennesseans? In this episode, Host Cortney Piper interviews Dr. Kevin Heaslip, Director of the Center for Transportation Research at the University […]

Tony Schmitz, Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and ORNL Joint Faculty, and Joannie Harmon, Workforce Director, IACMI Editor’s note: In 2020, the Institute for Advanced Composites Innovation (IACMI) in Knoxville […]

The Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council will hold a virtual Statewide Roundtable on Thursday, July 14 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET. / 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CT. The theme of this year’s roundtable is automotive innovation.

By Cortney Piper, Executive Director  Advanced energy innovation and entrepreneurs drive Tennessee’s economic growth.  The industry contributes $45.8 billion to our state GDP and outpaces the growth of the state’s […]

New 12-week program will support early stage cleantech businesses and drive commercialization of their technologies in Tennessee and throughout the Midwest. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (May 12, 2022) – The Spark Cleantech […]

Updated economic impact report finds advanced energy accounts for nearly 394,000 jobs, contributes $46 billion to state GDP Media Contact: Cortney Piper, cpiper@tnadvancedenergy.com, 865-789-2669 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (August 5, 2021) – […]

Accelerator marks Techstars first in Tennessee Media Contact: Cortney Piper, cpiper@tnadvancedenergy.com Knoxville, Tenn. (June 3, 2021) — Oak Ridge National Lab, The University of Tennessee and the Tennessee Valley Authority […]

The Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council’s Executive Director Cortney Piper will moderate a panel session on the second day of the Tennessee Valley Corridor’s 2021 National Summit, held June 2-3, […]

As 2020 draws to a close, the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council (TAEBC) is taking a look back at its accomplishments over the last 12 months. This year, Tennessee’s advanced […]

Mark your calendars to join TAEBC for the “Opportunities in Energy” event on December 8, 2020, beginning at 3:00 p.m. EDT! This event will feature Commissioner Bob Rolfe as we discuss making Tennessee a destination for the electric vehicle supply chain and the Advanced Energy Economic Impact Report preview. 

(Crossposted from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville) The U.S. Department of Energy today awarded $20 million to the new Oak Ridge Institute at the University of Tennessee to expand […]