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 88 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 93-577-DEC. 31, 1974

of 1974 (Public Law 9 3 ^ 1 0), to accelerate the commercial demonstration of geothermal energy technologies; (G) to demonstrate the production of syncrude from oil shale by all promising technologies including in situ technologies; (H) to demonstrate new and improved methods for the extraction of petroleum resources, including secondary and tertiary recovery of crude oil; (I) to demonstrate the economics and commercial viability of solar energy for residential and commercial energy supply applications in accordance with the program authorized by the Solar Heating and Cooling Act of 1974 (Public Law 9 3 ^ 0 9); (J) to accelerate the commercial demonstration of environmental control systems for energy technologies developed pursuant to this Act; (K) to investigate the technical and economic feasibility of tidal power for supplying electrical energy; (L) to commercially demonstrate advanced solar energy technologies in accordance with the Solar Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1974 (Public Law 9 3 ^ 7 3); ... (M) to determine the economics and commercial viability of the production of sj^nthetic fuels such as hydrogen and methanol; (N) to commercially demonstrate the use of fuel cells for central station electric power generation; (0) to determine the economics and commercial viability of in situ coal gasification; (P) to improve techniques for the management of existing energy systems by means of quality control; application of systems analysis, communications, and computer techniques; and public information with the objective of improving the reliability and efficiency of energy supplies and encourage the conservation of energy resources; and (Q) to improve methods for the prevention and cleanup of marine oil spills. FORMS o r

FEDERAL

1883 ^"'^' P- I°^^-

Ante, p. 1069.

>in(e, p. 1431.

ASSISTANCE

SEC, 7. (a) I n carrying out the objectives of this Act, the Ad''^ "^*^ ^^°^' ministrator may utilize various forms of Federal assistance and participation which may include but are not limited to— (1) joint Federal-industry experimental, demonstration, or commercial corporations consistent with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section; (2) contractual arrangements with non-Federal participants including corporations, consortia, universities, governmental entities and nonprofit institutions; (3) contracts for the construction and operation of federally owned facilities; (4) Federal purchases or guaranteed price of the products of demonstration plants or activities consistent with the provisions of subsection (c) of the section; (5) Federal loans to non-Federal entities conducting demonstrations of new technologies; and (6) incentives, including financial awards, to individual inventors, such incentives to be designed to encourage the participation of a large number of such inventors. (b) Joint Federal-industry corporations proposed for congres-. J°'"* Federalsional authorization pursuant to this Act shall be subject to the pro- uonsTguideHnes? visions of section 9 of this Act and shall conform to the following guidelines except as otherwise authorized by Congress:

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