November 2nd, 2011 () Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency, Green Economy, Renewable Energy, Utilities › Nick Alderson › No Comments
Senator Bob Corker recently held a forum at UT Chattanooga’s campus to discuss the state’s electricity issues and what that means for job creation in this area. Unfortunately, the roundtable was more of a half-circle as it did not include a single representative from the state’s multi-billion dollar (and growing) renewable energy and energy efficiency [...]
October 15th, 2011 () Clean Energy, Green Economy › Nick Alderson › 3 Comments
While the failure of Solyndra is unfortunate, it does not, as some have claimed, represent the dimming of the solar industry’s bright future or make the case that using public funds to attract private investment is a bad idea. Especially here in Tennessee. Tennessee has seen dramatic growth all along the states solar supply chain [...]