In addition to TVA, other members of the coalition include Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Louisville Gas & Electric Company, Kentucky Utilities Company, Southern Company, and Battelle.

Brett Smith, who has spent nearly 35 years analyzing the industry, will describe the quadrants during his keynote address at next week's Electric Vehicle Battery Innovations Conference in Cleveland.

First comes Buc-ee's, then come a whole lot more reasons to stop in Sevier County.

Similar to Mead's Quarry in Ijams, this other South Knoxville swimming hole will soon have swimming platforms, restrooms, and other amenities.

Here’s your weekly roundup of business news from throughout the Knoxville region.

A new study by ClickUp using Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship data finds that states in the southeast region produced more entrepreneurs than any other area in the U.S. in 2021, with Florida topping the list and Georgia coming in third.

“Version 1.0 was a lot of setting up,” says CEO Chad Duty, explaining that key priorities focused on creating the now 124-member consortium, constructing scale-up research and manufacturing facilities, and more. “Version 2.0 is about leveraging those investments to expand our impact.”

Hosted by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UT Chattanooga, the second annual event spotlights promising faculty inventions, and there's money to help the top ones advance their ideas.