Piper Communications provides ongoing media relations support for Kairos Power, helping increase awareness of the company’s progress toward commercializing their advanced nuclear reactor technology. In April 2026, Kairos Power broke ground on the Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee—its first commercial-scale reactor and the first power-producing Generation IV reactor to receive a construction permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Trillium Renewable Chemicals raised $13 million in Series B financing to support Project Falcon, the world’s first demonstration plant for 100% bio-based acrylonitrile. The milestone marked Trillium’s transition from pilot-scale validation toward industrial production and commercial deployment. 

Wärtsilä is pioneering the adoption of hydrogen and, together with their customer WEC Energy Group, has successfully completed hydrogen blend tests on an unmodified engine

Tennessee created the Volunteer State Solar Initiative (VSSI) as a comprehensive solar energy and economic development program to create jobs, educate the public, produce renewable power and commercialize technology.