§17211 Definitions

Summary

Says which groups can take part and explains a few key words used later. An eligible entity is any of these: a college or other postsecondary school, a National Laboratory, a federal research agency, a state research agency, a nonprofit research organization, or an industrial company (alone or in a group). An institution of higher education means a college or university as defined in federal education law, and also postsecondary vocational schools under that law. Marine energy means power from moving or different waters or from differences in water, for example waves, tides, currents, rivers, lakes, man-made channels, salinity or pressure differences, and temperature differences (including ocean thermal conversion). National Laboratory and microgrid are defined elsewhere in the U.S. Code (see sections 15801(3) and 17231). Water power means hydropower, including conduit power, pumped storage, and marine energy technologies.