PUBLIC LAW 101-566 —NOV. 15, 1990 104 STAT. 2799 (c) RENEWABLE ENERGY PRIORITY.— The Secretary shall give priority to those production techniques that use renewable energy resources as their primary source of energy for hydrogen production. (d) NEW TECHNOLOGIES. — The Secretary shall, for the purpose of performing his responsibilities pursuant to this Act, solicit proposals for and evaluate any reasonable new or improved technology that could lead or contribute to the development of economic hydrogen production storage and utilization. (e) INFORMATION.— The Secretary shall conduct evaluations, arrange for tests and demonstrations, and disseminate to developers information, data, and materials necessary to support efforts undertaken pursuant to this section, consistent with section 106. SEC. 105. DEMONSTRATIONS. (a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall conduct demonstrations of critical technologies, preferably in self-contained locations, so that technical and non-technical parameters can be evaluated to best determine commercial applicability of the technology. (b) SMALL-SCALE DEMONSTRATIONS. —Concurrently with activities conducted pursuant to section 104, the Secretary shall conduct small-scale demonstrations of hydrogen technology at self-contained sites. SEC. 106. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM. (a) PROGRAM.— The Secretary shall conduct a program designed to accelerate wider application of hydrogen production, storage, utilization, and other technologies available in near term as a result of aerospace experience as well as other research progress by transferring critical technologies to the private sector. The Secretary shall direct the program with the advice and assistance of the Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel established under section 108. The objective in seeking this advice is to increase participation of private industry in the demonstration of near commercial applications through cooperative research and development arrangements, joint ventures or other appropriate arrangements involving the private sector. G)) INFORMATION.—The Secretary, in carrying out the program authorized by subsection (a), shall— (1) undertake an inventory and assessment of hydrogen technologies and their commercial capability to economically produce, store, or utilize hydrogen in aerospace, transportation, electric utilities, petrochemical, chemical, merchant hydrogen, and other industrial sectors; and (2) develop a National Aeronautics Space Administration, Department of Energy, and industry information exchange program to improve technology transfer for— (A) application of aerospace experience by industry; (B) application of research progress by industry and aerospace; (C) application of commercial capability of industry by aerospace; and (D) expression of industrial needs to research organizations. The information exchange program may consist of workshops, publications, conferences, and a data base for the use by the public and private sectors. 42 USC 12404. 42 USC 12405.
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