§16214 Distributed energy technology demonstration programs

Summary

The Secretary can give money to teams of experts to run demonstration projects that speed up the use of distributed energy technologies, such as fuel cells, microturbines, small engines, thermally activated systems, and combined heat and power, in businesses that use a lot of energy. The Secretary must create a research, development, and testing program to build working prototypes of small portable power devices and, when possible, use universities with relevant expertise. Those universities may form an organization to promote the devices. A small portable power device is a field‑deployable mechanical or electromechanical tool used for things like communications, computing, mobility help, weapons, optics, cooling, sensors, medical gear, and biological‑agent detection.