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[CITE: 42USC9004]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
  CHAPTER 98--OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 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.

(Pub. L. 96-310, Sec. 5, July 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 943.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 9002, 9003, 9009 of this 
title.
