SkyNano Honored with 2026 Pinnacle Business Award for Woman-Owned Business Excellence
We are thrilled to announce that SkyNano has been named the recipient of the 2026 Pinnacle Business Award for Woman-Owned Business Excellence! Presented by the Knoxville Chamber and sponsored by KaTom Restaurant Supply, this prestigious award celebrates outstanding woman-owned businesses in East Tennessee that demonstrate exceptional leadership, innovation, and community impact. For our co-founder and CEO, […]
SkyNano Awarded Supplemental NSF Phase IIB Funding
Knoxville, TN – SkyNano is proud to formally announce the extension of our National Science Foundation SBIR award, focused on priming SkyNano for scaling production. This nearly $500K NSF Phase IIB supplemental award, originally accepted in late 2024, contributes to engineering efforts in the scale-up and transition to continuous production of our novel CO2 to […]
SkyNano Awarded $1.6M DOE Phase II Contract to Scale Carbon Nanotube Production
Knoxville, TN – SkyNano, a sustainable domestic producer of advanced carbon products, is excited to present that we have been granted a $1.6M Award from the Department of Energy. Starting in late 2024 when this was first awarded, we have worked diligently to make substantial progress on this project. This award builds on our successful […]
SkyNano Secures $1M Phase II STTR Award from Office of Naval Research to Advance CO2-Derived CNT Composites for 3D Printed Concrete
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – SkyNano is excited to announce that it has been awarded a $1 million Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR). This 24-month project supports SkyNano’s partnership with the University of Tennessee’s Civil Engineering Department, led by Prof. Hongyu Zhou, to develop optimized carbon nanotube […]
SkyNano Awarded $1.25M US Air Force Contract to Develop Domestic Sustainable Graphite Supply Chain
Knoxville, TN – SkyNano, a leader in sustainable materials innovation, is proud to announce that it has been awarded a $1.25 million contract from the United States Air Force. The 21-month project, in collaboration with American Energy Technologies Company (AETC) and Eonix Energy Company, aims to develop technologies that will establish a domestic, sustainable, and […]
Launch Tennessee awards $9 Million in SBIR/STTR Matching Funds to 40 small businesses, driving Tennessee innovation
SkyNano is honored to be a recipient of Launch Tennessee’s FY25 SBIR/STTR Matching Fund program. Full story here.
SkyNano Celebrates Opening of New Facility in Louisville, Tennessee
The 20,000-square-foot space enables the cleantech startup to hire additional team members, tackle larger projects and revolutionize the carbon management industry Louisville, Tenn. (March 20, 2024) – SkyNano, a science-based technology company focused on commercializing a free-market solution to carbon pollution, celebrated its move into a 20,000-square-foot facility in Louisville, Tennessee, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony […]
SKYNANO RECEIVES GOVERNOR’S ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AWARD – Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee
KNOXILLE, Tenn. – SkyNano Technologies, a science-based startup and developer of a manufacturing technique for the capture and conversion of CO2 from various sources into valuable carbon-based materials, has been announced by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Commissioner David Salyers as a winner of the 2022 Governor’s Environmental […]
SkyNano Set to Receive $2M in Funding to Research Turning Buildings into Carbon Storage Structures
SkyNano Set to Receive $2M in Funding to Research Turning Buildings into Carbon Storage Structures Funding Part of Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) HESTIA Program to Increase Total Amount of Carbon Stored in Buildings KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – SkyNano announced today that it has been selected to receive $2M in funding from the U.S. Department of […]
SkyNano Selected as Top 60 Finalist in Milestone Awards of Elon Musk’s 100M Carbon Removal Prize
Media Contact: Hannah Whitson hannah@piper-communications, 423-408-4203 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – SkyNano Technologies, a local startup and developer of a manufacturing technique for the capture and conversion of CO2 from various sources into valuable carbon-based materials, has been named a top 60 finalist for the Milestone Awards in the largest incentive prize in history, Elon Musk’s 100M […]