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§ 9004. Pilot and demonstration plants
(a) Initiation of program
(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
(Pub. L. 96–310, § 5, July 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 943.)