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19. UT Biofuels Initiative
5,100 Acres of Biomass Innovation Cellulosic Ethanol
Switchgrass Park R&D Campus Biorefinery
• Production contracts with >60 • Integrated research campus for • Demonstration-scale plant, Process
farmers, within 50 miles of Vonore, biomass handling, processing, Development Unit (PDU), and lab
TN storage, densification, transportation facilities located in Vonore, TN
• Developed and improving • 22-acre campus adjacent to • Started operations January 2010,
innovations in supply chain logistics demonstration scale biorefinery processing corn cob, stover, and
switchgrass
20. Solar Installation Grant Program
169 grants
$11.5M in funding
$27.6M leveraged
7.8MW installed
Solar Innovation Grant Program
79 projects
$12.1M in funding
$13M leveraged
24. Startup companies established in FY12
Memphis based East Tennessee based
1. Entac Inc. 6. Genera Energy Inc.
2. HandMinder Inc. 7. SimCenter Enterprises Inc.
3. Infusense Inc. 8. Skimtek Inc.
4. Nanophthalmics Inc. 9. Solex
5. Raphael Biotech Inc.