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⚡️ President Cortney Piper will be speaking at ’s Annual Meeting⚡
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Piper,  ’s Executive Director will discuss TAEBC’s 2023 Year-in-Review and give insight into 2024 goals.
The event brings together TAEBC members, stakeholders, and potential members together to celebrate Tennessee’s growing advanced energy economy.

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👏 The University of Tennessee Research Foundation spotlighted professor emeritus of the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine UTRF Hall of Fame Dr. Alan Solomon for his work practicing medicine and researching light chain (AL) amyloidosis, a rare, life-threatening disease caused by amyloid protein buildup in the body.

✅ has achieved SOC 2 (Service Organization Control 2) Type II certification, demonstrating the company’s commitment to security, privacy, and reliability.

“We realize that compliance and risk data is very sensitive and that storing this data in a commercial platform requires organizations to have the highest levels of trust in the security of our technology,” said Travis Howerton, Co-Founder and CEO of RegScale.

🤝 Save the date: ’s 3686 Festival is back September 9-11, 2024! The annual festival brings together founders and investors from across the Southeast.

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⚡️ Vanessa Chan, Chief Commercialization Officer for the Department of and Director of the Office of Technology Transitions, announced six vouchers worth a collective $1 million at the Spark Innovation Center at the University of Tennessee Research Park. The six vouchers went to three local startups, FC Renew, Electro-Active Technologies and EKAMORE along with three to Oak Ridge National Lab.

🤝 ’s Innovation Week is coming up in Nashville February 26 - 29. The 4-day event showcases the state’s technology innovation and entrepreneurship wins. PiperComm will be in attendance to support TAEBC’s Energy Network.

🏆 Wärtsilä recently hosted the Battle of Technologies! The competitors, Reciprocating Engine and Aeroderivative Turbine, faced off against each other in efficiency, plant operations, and flexibility.

To read more on each story, just click the LinkInBio!

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was proud to attend U.S. Department of Energy Office of Technology Transitions' Voucher Announcement and Roundtable at the Spark Innovation Center at UT Research Park at Cherokee Farm.

During the event, Executive Director Cortney Piper moderated a panel featuring:

✅ Kelly Warbis, Co-Founder and CEO, EKAMORE
✅ Philip Stukey, CEO, FC Renew
✅ Jennifer Caldwell, Director of Technology Transfer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Learn more about the DOE-funded vouchers and the announcement. ⬇️
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🤝 How is Three Roots Capital helping enable economic prosperity? Marianne Wanamaker, Dean of Baker School of Public Policy and Board Member, wrote about the economic landscape, 3Roots’ work and what our local economy needs all financial institutions to provide.

⚡️ Mark your calendars, TAEBC’s Annual Meeting is back March 26 in Nashville! Registration opens January 30. Join members, stakeholders and potential members to celebrate Tennessee’s growing advanced energy economy.

🌎 EV maker Rivian has pledged to introduce a vehicle with half the carbon emissions footprint of its original models by 2030. Earlier this month Rivian released its inaugural impact report that outlined how Rivian’s emissions reduction strategy will lean heavily on increasing the recycled materials it uses to produce its pickup trucks, SUVs and commercial vans.

Learn more about each story in our bio!

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👏 Knoxville Entrepreneur Center is now accepting applications to its What’s the Big Idea? 2024 Pitch Competition! The competition will bring together bright minds in early March to participate in an intensive period of prototyping, community building, planning, incubation, and launching. The winning idea will advanced to the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center’s CO.STARTER Program and be eligible for $10,000 in prize money after completing the program.

⚡️ How can solar power support the EV revolution? Chroma Energy Group Founder and CEO Ed Rottmann penned an article about the alliance between EVs and solar energy and how solar is the most cost-effective way to create a scaled distributed generation.

✅ Clean Energy Business Network released its clean energy rankings. Tennessee currently sits at 18 in lowest CO2 emissions rates, 28 in energy efficiency, and 26 in generation from renewables. The infographic outlines the states ranking along with innovation and investments in the state helping to build a clean energy future.

Like what you read? Click the LinkInBio to read more on each story!

That’s all for this week! Follow Piper Communications for weekly news in the industry updates.
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👏 Knoxville Entrepreneur Center is now accepting applications to its What’s the Big Idea? 2024 Pitch Competition! The competition will bring together bright minds in early March to participate in an intensive period of prototyping, community building, planning, incubation, and launching. The winning idea will advanced to the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center’s CO.STARTER Program and be eligible for $10,000 in prize money after completing the program.

Applications close February 2. Apply now ⤵️
https://ow.ly/Uy3W50QqtXI

⚡️ How can solar power support the EV revolution? Chroma Energy Group Founder and CEO Ed Rottmann penned an article about the alliance between EVs and solar energy and how solar is the most cost-effective way to create a scaled distributed generation.

Read it here ⤵️
https://ow.ly/rsuE50QqtXL

✅ Clean Energy Business Network released its clean energy rankings. Tennessee currently sits at 18 in lowest CO2 emissions rates, 28 in energy efficiency, and 26 in generation from renewables. The infographic outlines the states ranking along with innovation and investments in the state helping to build a clean energy future.

View it here ⤵️
https://ow.ly/yyjV50QqtXM

That’s all for this week! Follow Piper Communications for weekly news in the industry updates.
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We hope you had a great holiday, and we look forward to what 2024 has in store!

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Spotted: Hannah Whitson and Sarah Johnson with the Ole Smoky team

Last Friday, ’s Hannah and Sarah attended the Popcorn Sutton official launch of Sutton’s two new “Likker” and bourbon products at the Ole Smoky Moonshine Distillery in Gatlinburg.

While the project doesn’t specifically relate to communications, we love working with local partners and helping them meet their goals.

Click the LinkInBio to learn more about what we do and what we can offer you in 2024!

Spotted: Hannah Whitson and Sarah Johnson with the Ole Smoky Distillery team

Last Friday, 's Hannah and Sarah attended the Popcorn Sutton official launch of Sutton's two new “Likker” and bourbon products at the Ole Smoky Moonshine Distillery in Gatlinburg.

While the project doesn’t specifically relate to communications, we love working with local partners and helping them meet their goals.

Learn more about what we do and what we can offer you in 2024!👇
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💡 Client Spotlight: sponsored S&P Global’s Excellence In Energy Conference in New York City this week 🗽

During the conference, Jussi Heikkinen, Director of Growth & Development at Wärtsilä Energy, was honored as a finalist for the Platt’s Lifetime Achievement Award and spoke during the Technology Exchange fireside chat. 💫

👏 Genera broke ground on a new $340+ million expansion of its Sustainable Biomaterials Campus, enabling increased manufacturing, production and distribution operations. The expansion adds more than 150,000 square feet to Genera’s existing facility and will house more than 60 robotic thermoforming machines, a fleet of autonomously guided vehicles, and automated packaging lines.

🏆 The University of Tennessee Research Foundation hosted its annual Innovation Awards in Knoxville this week. UTRF recognized seven licensed technologies, and 37 issued patents, and four UTRF-related startups, including pitcher Orion Theraputics and winner !

UTRF also inducted Dr. Alan Solomon into its Hall of Fame!

That’s all for this week! Follow for weekly news in the industry updates.

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One of ’s core values is to be a long-term, trusted partner for our clients. Consider us an extension of your closest, most trusted team.

This week, we met with Corey Tyree, Trillium’s Co-Founder and CEO. We reviewed 2023 accomplishments and set new goals for 2024. We’re proud to work with innovative companies like Trillium.

Click the LinkInBio to learn more about what Piper Communications does. And about Trillium’s mission to convert plant-based glycerol into acrylonitrile.

One of ’s core values is to be a long-term, trusted partner for our clients. Consider us an extension of your closest, most trusted team. 👥

This week, we met with Corey Tyree, Trillium’s Co-Founder and CEO. We reviewed 2023 accomplishments and set new goals for 2024. We’re proud to work with innovative companies like Trillium.

Learn more about what Piper Communications does ⤵️
https://ow.ly/CT6350Qg2T0

And learn about Trillium’s mission to convert plant-based glycerol into acrylonitrile ⤵️
https://ow.ly/kzvN50Qg2T1

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🌱 The UT Research Foundation recently licensed technology to Sustainable Logistics, a data services company providing sustainability insights in the truck transportation space. Alex Scott, associate professor and Gerald T. Niedert professor in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, founded Sustainable Logistics after developing the Fleet Sustainability Index, a data service that provides carbon emissions factors for nearly every trucking fleet.

📈 2024 is expected to be a critical year for the successful deployment of the technologies that will drive the clean energy transition. According to the White House, over $300B in federal funding from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has already been delivered to states and localities in the form of grants and tax incentives. Now states, local officials, developers, utilities, and community stakeholders must continue to take advantage of these new and existing resources.

🚗 Piper Comm is proud to support TEAM TN, a partnership with the National Science Foundation and is an alliance of academics, industry, and technical societies, led by The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. TEAM TN’s mission is to advance mobility solutions for all Tennesseans.

Each month, TEAM TN highlights one of the core partners that makes this initiative possible. In November, TEAM TN released a Q&A with Joel Murdock, Managing Director of Strategic Projects at FedEx.

Like what you read? Click the LinkInBio for the full story!

That’s all for this week! Follow Piper Communications for weekly news in the industry updates.
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WEEKLY NEWS ROUNDUP 🗞⤵️

Welcome back to your weekly news in the industry from !

🌱 The University of Tennessee Research Foundation recently licensed technology to Sustainable Logistics, a data services company providing sustainability insights in the truck transportation space. Alex Scott, associate professor and Gerald T. Niedert professor at Haslam College of Business - UT founded Sustainable Logistics after developing the Fleet Sustainability Index, a data service that provides carbon emissions factors for nearly every trucking fleet.

Read more ⤵️
https://ow.ly/Kjgl50QeuR8

📈 2024 is expected to be a critical year for the successful deployment of the technologies that will drive the clean energy transition. According to The White House, over $300B in federal funding from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has already been delivered to states and localities in the form of grants and tax incentives. Now states, local officials, developers, utilities, and community stakeholders must continue to take advantage of these new and existing resources.

Read more ⤵️
https://ow.ly/aMpS50QeuRc

🚗 Piper Comm is proud to support TEAM TN, a partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and is an alliance of academics, industry, and technical societies, led by The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. TEAM TN’s mission is to advance mobility solutions for all Tennesseans.

Each month, TEAM TN highlights one of the core partners that makes this initiative possible. In November, TEAM TN released a Q&A with Joel Murdock, Managing Director of Strategic Projects at FedEx.

Read it here ⤵️
https://ow.ly/Z8Lz50QeuRe

That’s all for this week! Follow Piper Communications for weekly news in the industry updates.
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