42 U.S.C. § 13313 : US Code - Section 13313: Renewable Energy Advancement Awards

Search 42 U.S.C. § 13313 : US Code - Section 13313: Renewable Energy Advancement Awards

(a) Authority
The Secretary shall make Renewable Energy Advancement Awards in
recognition of developments that advance the practical application
of biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, photovoltaic, solar thermal,
ocean thermal, and wind technologies to consumer, utility, or
industrial uses, in accordance with this section. Except as
provided in subsection (f) of this section, Renewable Energy
Advancement Awards shall include a cash award.
(b) Selection criteria
The Secretary, in consultation with the Advisory Committee on
Demonstration and Commercial Application of Renewable Energy and
Energy Efficiency Technologies (in this section referred to as the
"Advisory Committee"), under section 12005 of this title, shall
develop criteria to be applied in the selection of award recipients
under this section. Such criteria shall include the following:
(1) The degree to which the technological development increases
the utilization of renewable energy.
(2) The degree to which the development will have a significant
impact, by benefitting a large number of people, by reducing the
costs of an important industrial process or commercial product or
service, or otherwise.
(3) The ingenuity of the development.
(4) Whether the application has significant export potential.
(5) The environmental soundness of the development.
(c) Selection
Beginning in fiscal year 1994, and annually thereafter for a
period of 10 years, the Secretary, in consultation with the
Advisory Committee, shall select developments described in
subsection (a) of this section that are worthy of receiving an
award under this section, and shall make such awards.
(d) Eligibility
Awards may be made under this section only to individuals who are
United States nationals or permanent resident aliens, or to non-
Federal organizations that are organized under the laws of the
United States or the laws of a State of the United States.
(e) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $50,000
for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996 for carrying out
this section.
(f) Awards made in absence of appropriations
The Secretary shall make honorary awards under this section if
sufficient funds are not available for financial awards in any
fiscal year.