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Manufacturing

Tennessee secured $7B in clean energy business this past year — representing nearly 80% of new investments

Caroline Eggers

August 29, 2023

Clean technology manufacturing is exploding in Tennessee.  Planned investments in the construction of electric vehicle, energy storage and solar panel materials were worth three times more than any other sector combined in the past year.

Filed Under: Business, Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: electric vehicles, inflation reduction act, Manufacturing, renewable energy, solar power

Driving the future of electric vehicles in Middle Tennessee

Steve Haruch

February 21, 2023

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In this episode, we explore what is being done at the city and state levels to drive our electric future.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: electric vehicle, electric vehicles, Manufacturing

Tennessee will house the nation’s largest lithium refining plant to power EVs

Caroline Eggers

October 27, 2022

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Lithium is the lightest metal on Earth, and it’s a key ingredient of the batteries that will power future cars and the grid. Tennessee will soon have the largest lithium processing plant in the nation.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: electric vehicles, lithium, Manufacturing, mining

How A Mt. Juliet Warehouse Keeps Your Unwanted Christmas Gifts Out Of The Landfill

Julieta Martinelli

January 2, 2018

Listen As the holiday shopping season ends and return season begins, customers might not realize that many of those items they send back could end up in landfills across the country. Tobin Moore is one of the founders of Optoro, a D.C.-based startup that, since 2010, has been helping retailers process returns more effectively using […]

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Manufacturing, Mt. Juliet

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