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 PUBLIC LAW 96-345—SEPT. 8, 1980

94 STAT. 1145

UTILIZATION OF CAPABILITIES AND FACILITIES

SEC. 10. The Secretary shall utilize the technological and manage- 42 USC 9209. ment capabilities, equipment, and facilities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to the maximum extent practicable in carrying out his duties under this Act, and shall enter into such additional agreements with the Administrator of such Administration as may be necessary for this purpose. ANALYSIS OF APPLICATIONS OF WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS

SEC. 11. The Secretary shall— (1) initiate and conduct a federal applications study for wind energy systems, cooperatively with appropriate Federal agencies to determine the potential for the use of wind systems at specific Federal facilities; and this study shall— (A) include an analysis which determines those sites at which wind energy systems are economically competitive with the marginal costs of new conventional energy sources in the areas; (B) identify potential sites and uses of wind energy systems at the following agencies as well as any others which the Secretary deems necessary: (i) the Department of Defense; (ii) the Department of Trgmsportation (including the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Federal Highway Administration); (iii) the Department of Commerce; (iv) the Department of Agriculture; and (v) the Department of the Interior; (C) provide a preliminary report to the Congress within nine months after the date of enactment of this Act; and (D) include the presentation of a detailed plan for the use of wind energy systems for power generation at specific sites in Federal Government agencies to the Congress within twelve months after the date of enactment of this Act; (2) study the effects, at varying levels of market penetration, of the widespread utilization of wind energy systems on the existing electrical utility system; (3) determine the necessity for, and make recommendations to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives within eighteen months after the date of enactment of this Act on, the need for any additional incentives for either users or manufacturers, in each of the potential markets for wind energy systems, to accelerate the widespread utilization of wind energy technologies; (4) evaluate the actual performance of wind energy systems in various applications, including but not limited to residential, £^culturaL, large and small scale irrigation pumping, industrial, commercial, remote nonnetwork utility, and other applications, and report thereon to the Congress within two years after the date of enactment of this Act; (5) initiate and conduct a study involving the prospects for applications of wind energy systems for power generation in foreign countries, particularly lesser developed countries and the potential for the exploration of these energy systems. This study

Federal applications study. 42 USC 9210.

Report to Congress. Detailed plan, presentation to Congress.

Recommendations to congressional committees.

Evaluation; report to Congress.

Study.

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