42 U.S.C. § 9005 : US Code - Section 9005: Technology application

Search 42 U.S.C. § 9005 : US Code - Section 9005: Technology application

(a) Technology application and market development plan
The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Administrator of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the
Administrator of the Maritime Administration, the Administrator of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the
Technical Panel established under section 9007 of this title,
prepare a comprehensive technology application and market
development plan that will permit realization of the ten-thousand-
megawatt national goal by the year 1999. Such plans shall include
at a minimum -
(1) an assessment of those Government actions required to
achieve a two-hundred- to four-hundred-megawatt electrical-
commercial demonstration of ocean thermal energy conversion
systems in time to have industry meet the goal contained in
section 9001(b)(2) of this title including a listing of those
financial, property, and patent right packages most likely to
lead to early commercial demonstration at minimum cost to the
Federal Government;
(2) an assessment of further Government actions required to
permit expansion of the domestic ocean thermal energy conversion
industry to meet the goal contained in section 9001(b)(3) of this
title;
(3) an analysis of further Government actions necessary to aid
the industry in minimizing and removing any legal and
institutional barriers such as the designation of a lead agency;
and
(4) an assessment of the necessary Government actions to assist
in eliminating economic uncertainties through financial
incentives, such as loan guarantees, price supports, or other
inducements.
(b) Transmittal of plan to Congress
The Secretary shall transmit such comprehensive technology
application and market development plan to the Congress within
three years after July 17, 1980, and update the plan on an annual
basis thereafter.
(c) Respondent proposals
As part of the competitive procurement initiative for design and
construction of the pilot and demonstration projects authorized in
section 9009(c) of this title, each respondent shall include in its
proposal (1) a plan leading to a full-scale, first-of-a-kind
facility based on a proposed demonstration system; and (2) the
financial and other contributions the respondent will make toward
meeting the national goals.