Business Facilities - November 2007 - (Page 14) COVER STORY By Brian Donahue From the “science of small” to the aerospace frontier, locations that match scientific breakthroughs to public support are reshaping their economies. w hen like-minded business people, education, and public dollars come together, big things can happen. It’s not a prerequisite for technological innovation, but a sampling of locations around the world where scientific breakthroughs are taking place shows that the combination can bring about vibrant economic communities producing leading-edge products and services. Take the Knoxville-Oak Ridge, TN region, for example. Also known as the Innovation Valley, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) here works in tandem with the private sector and the University of Tennessee (UT) toward common goals that include biotechnology initiatives such as developing alternative fuels, nanotechnology research, and neutron production. “We have a really unique situation here,” says Dr. Kelly Tiller, an agricultural economist at the university who has helped develop a business plan for the production of biofuels. She notes that with UT managing the ORNL in partnership with Battelle, an Ohiobased science and technology enterprise, researchers can share joint institutes and coordinate efforts. “We have an opportunity to become a hub for a lot of science and for the application of that science,” Tiller says. This tightly knit research community may soon take the lead in the worldwide race to develop transportation fuel and offset much of our reliance on petroleum-based fuels. Two major alternative fuels projects taking place in the Innovation Valley were announced this year: In June, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded ORNL $125 million to build a bioenergy science center to address science and technological challenges to cellulosic ethanol production, while UT will build a $40 million “grass-o-line” plant to create ethanol from switchgrass and other plants. The university will operate the 14 NOVEMBER 2007
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