Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§16214 Distributed Energy Technology Demonstration Programs

Title 42 › CHAPTER 149 — NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS › SUBCHAPTER IX — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT › Part B — Distributed Energy and Electric Energy Systems › § 16214

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may fund teams of different experts to run demonstrations that speed up use of distributed energy technologies at energy‑intensive commercial sites. The Secretary must create a program to build and test models of portable power devices, use experienced universities, and let those universities form an organization to promote them. Small scale portable power device: a field‑deployable mechanical or electromechanical device for communications, computing, mobility, sensing, medical uses, or detecting biological agents.

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Title 42, §16214

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(a)Coordinating consortia program

The Secretary may provide financial assistance to coordinating consortia of interdisciplinary participants for demonstrations designed to accelerate the use of distributed energy technologies (such as fuel cells, microturbines, reciprocating engines, thermally activated technologies, and combined heat and power systems) in high-energy intensive commercial applications.

(b)Small-scale portable power program

(1)In general

The Secretary shall—

(A)establish a research, development, and demonstration program to develop working models of small scale portable power devices; and

(B)to the fullest extent practicable, identify and utilize the resources of universities that have shown expertise with respect to advanced portable power devices for either civilian or military use.

(2)Organization

The universities identified and utilized under paragraph (1)(B) are authorized to establish an organization to promote small scale portable power devices.

(3)Definition

For purposes of this subsection, the term “small scale portable power device” means a field-deployable portable mechanical or electromechanical device that can be used for applications such as communications, computation, mobility enhancement, weapons systems, optical devices, cooling, sensors, medical devices, and active biological agent detection systems.

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42 U.S.C. § 16214

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110