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42 U.S.C. § 13314 — Renewable Energy Advancement Awards
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**(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), 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12005&num=0&edition=prelim), 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) 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 ind
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**(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), 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12005&num=0&edition=prelim), 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) 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.
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**(a) Purpose** The purpose of this section is to direct the Secretary to further the commercialization of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies through a five-year program.
**(b) Demonstration and commercial application projects**
(1) **Establishment**
(A) The Secretary shall solicit proposals for demonstration and commercial application projects for renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies pursuant to subsection (c). Such projects may include projects for—
(i) the production and sale of electricity, thermal energy, or other forms of energy using a renewable energy technology;
(ii) increasing the efficiency of energy use; and
(iii) improvements in, or expansion of, facilities for the manufacture of renewable energy or energy efficiency technologies.
(B) *Requirements.—* — Each project selected under this section shall include at least one for-profit business. Activities supported under this section shall be performed in the United States. Each project under this section shall require the manufacture and reproduction substantially within the United States for commercial sale of any invention or product that may result from the project.
(2) **Forms of financial assistance**
(A) In supporting projects selected under subsection (c), the Secretary may choose from among the forms of agreements described in [section 13541 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section13541&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) In supporting projects selected under subsection (c), the Secretary may also enter into agreements with private lenders to pay a portion of the interest on loans made for such projects.
(3) **Cost sharing** — Cost sharing for projects under this section shall be conducted according
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 13315
(b) Purpose
The purpose of the program established under
this section shall be to train appropriate persons
in the system design, operation, and mainte-
nance of renewable energy and energy efficiency
equipment manufactured in the United States,
including equipment for water pumping, heating
and purification, and the production of electric
power in remote areas.
(c) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $6,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
1994, 1995, and 1996, to carry out this section.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XII, § 1203, Oct. 24, 1992, 106
Stat. 2961.)
§ 13313. Renewable Energy Advancement Awards
(a) Authority
The Secretary shall make Renewable Energy
Advancement Awards in recognition of develop-
ments that advance the practical application of
biomass,
geothermal,
hydroelectric,
photo-
voltaic, solar thermal, ocean thermal, and wind
technologies to consumer, utility, or industrial
uses, in accordance with this section. Except as
provided in subsection (f), Renewable Energy
Advancement Awards shall include a cash
award.
(b) Selection criteria
The Secretary, in consultation with the Advi-
sory Committee on Demonstration and Commer-
cial Application of Renewable Energy and En-
ergy Efficiency Technologies (in this section re-
ferred 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 de-
velopment increases the utilization of renew-
able energy.
(2) The degree to which the development will
have a significant impact, by benefitting a
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