How SkyNano turned trash-to-treasure technology into a leading Knoxville startup

Anna Douglas, SkyNano

SkyNano is not just a tech startup electrifying the worldwide push to offset carbon pollution.It’s also a major success story of a yearslong effort of Knoxville’s three powerhouse institutions – Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the University of Tennessee – to turn lab research into viable tech companies that stay rooted to the local economy.