42 U.S.C. § 9004 : US Code - Section 9004: Pilot and demonstration plants

Search 42 U.S.C. § 9004 : US Code - Section 9004: Pilot and demonstration plants

(a) Initiation of program
The Secretary is authorized to initiate a program to design,
construct, and operate well instrumented ocean thermal energy
conversion facilities of sufficient size to demonstrate the
technical feasibility and potential economic feasibility of
utilizing the various forms of ocean thermal energy conversion to
displace nonrenewable fuels. To achieve the goals of this section
and to facilitate development of a strong industrial basis for the
application of ocean thermal energy conversion system technology,
at least two independent parallel demonstration projects shall be
competitively selected.
(b) Demonstration program goals
The specific goals of the demonstration program shall include at
a minimum -
(1) the demonstration of ocean thermal energy conversion
technical feasibility through multiple pilot and demonstration
plants with a combined capacity of at least one hundred megawatts
of electrical capacity or energy product equivalent by the year
1986;
(2) the delivery of baseload electricity to utilities located
on land or the production of commercially attractive quantities
of energy product; and
(3) the continuous operation of each pilot and demonstration
facility for a sufficient period of time to collect and analyze
system performance and reliability data.
(c) Financial assistance
In providing any financial assistance under this section, the
Secretary shall (1) give full consideration to those projects which
will provide energy to United States offshore States, its
territories, and its possessions and (2) seek satisfactory cost-
sharing arrangements when he deems such arrangements to be
appropriate.