December 29, 2010. KnoxvilleBiz.com
As the red, white and blue "Aircrane" helicopter descended to the field at World's Fair Park, a maintenance worker struggled under the force of the blades to keep a chain-link fence gate closed. The chopper's target: an 8- to 9-foot energy inverter to be placed atop the Knoxville Convention Center.

September 29, 2010. Knoxville News Sentinel
Three months after making grants available to businesses looking to invest in solar power, the Tennessee Solar Institute has awarded more than $9 million to 108 applicants across the state.

August 12, 2010. Knoxville News Sentinel
The state’s largest solar power system made its official debut today with the help of an array of local officials touting the benefits of the sweltering August sun.

February 5, 2010. Knoxville Press Release
The City of Knoxville is seeking a contractor to design, install, and finance a large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) array, ideally on the roof of the Knoxville Convention Center. The City allocated $250,000 of Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant funding towards this project and is seeking a firm that can leverage...

September 30, 2009. Knoxville News Sentinal
Ted Wampler Jr. wouldn’t exactly consider himself an environmentalist, but he knows a good business deal when he sees it.

September 1, 2009. Knoxville News
With stimulus dollars lighting up smart-grid projects at utilities across the country, a Knoxville firm has been tasked with developing standards that will allow newly emerging technologies to talk to each other.

May 14, 2009. Knoxville News Sentinel
Tennessee will devote $62.5 million in federal stimulus money to research and production of solar energy under a plan laid out Wednesday by Gov. Phil Bredesen.

April 30, 2009. Knoxville News Sentinel
TVA has released details of an expanded renewable-energy program, offering more incentives such as $1,000 toward installation costs for solar, wind, biomass and other renewable-energy systems that homes and businesses can use to produce electricity and sell it to TVA.

March 22, 2009. Knoxville News Sentinel
Our state, soon to be home to two of the world's largest manufacturing facilities of the basic building block of solar panels, is clearly poised to become a major link on the supply chain of one of the world's fastest-growing energy sources...

March 8, 2009. Interstate Renewable Energy Council
Just last March, the City of Knoxville became a Solar America City. In that short time, the Knoxville team has achieved enviable results, like their free 'Solar 101 Basics" workshops where more than 100 residents and business representatives have attended; the collaboration with Pellissippi State Technical Community College, their local community college, to build a green curriculum for the 21st Century, a 'Green Jobs and Education Opportunities' conference in April, and training local building and code officials in PV and solar thermal technologies...