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entities so that the consortium is representative of the
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United States solid-state lighting research, develop-
2
ment, and manufacturing expertise as a whole.
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(3) F
UNDING
.—The consortium shall be funded
4
by—
5
(A) participation fees; and
6
(B) grants provided under subsection (e)(1).
7
(4) E
LIGIBILITY
.—To be eligible to receive a
8
grant under subsection (e)(1), the consortium shall—
9
(A) enter into a consortium participation
10
agreement that—
11
(i) is agreed to by all participants;
12
and
13
(ii) describes the responsibilities of
14
participants, participation fees, and the
15
scope of research activities; and
16
(B) develop an annual program plan.
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(5) I
NTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
.—Participants in
18
the consortium shall have royalty-free nonexclusive
19
rights to use intellectual property derived from con-
20
sortium research conducted under subsection (e)(1).
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(d) P
LANNING
B
OARD
.—
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(1) I
N GENERAL
.—Not later than 90 days after
23
the establishment of the consortium, the Secretary
24
shall establish and appoint the members of a plan-
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ning board, to be known as the ‘‘Next Generation
1
Lighting Initiative Planning Board’’, to assist the
2
Secretary in carrying out this section.
3
(2) C
OMPOSITION
.—The planning board shall be
4
composed of—
5
(A) four members from universities, na-
6
tional laboratories, and other individuals with
7
expertise in advanced solid-state lighting and
8
technologies based on white light emitting diodes;
9
and
10
(B) three members from a list of not less
11
than six nominees from industry submitted by
12
the consortium.
13
(3) S
TUDY
.—
14
(A) I
N GENERAL
.—Not later than 90 days
15
after the date on which the Secretary appoints
16
members to the planning board, the planning
17
board shall complete a study on strategies for the
18
development and implementation of advanced
19
solid-state lighting technologies based on white
20
light emitting diodes.
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(B) R
EQUIREMENTS
.—The study shall de-
22
velop a comprehensive strategy to implement,
23
through the initiative, the use of white light
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emitting diodes to increase energy efficiency and
1
enhance United States competitiveness.
2
(C) I
MPLEMENTATION
.—As soon as prac-
3
ticable after the study is submitted to the Sec-
4
retary, the Secretary shall implement the initia-
5
tive in accordance with the recommendations of
6
the planning board.
7
(4) T
ERMINATION
.—The planning board shall
8
terminate upon completion of the study under para-
9
graph (3).
10
(e) G
RANTS
.—
11
(1) F
UNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
.—The Secretary,
12
through the consortium, shall make grants to conduct
13
basic and manufacturing-related research related to
14
advanced solid-state lighting technologies based on
15
white light emitting diode technologies.
16
(2) T
ECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT
AND
DEM
-
17
ONSTRATION
.—The Secretary shall enter into grants,
18
contracts, and cooperative agreements to conduct or
19
promote technology research, development, or dem-
20
onstration activities. In providing funding under this
21
paragraph, the Secretary shall give preference to par-
22
ticipants in the consortium.
23
(3) C
ONTINUING ASSESSMENT
.—The consortium,
24
in collaboration with the Secretary, shall formulate
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annual operating and performance objectives, develop
1
technology roadmaps, and recommend research and
2
development priorities for the initiative. The Sec-
3
retary may also establish or utilize advisory commit-
4
tees, or enter into appropriate arrangements with the
5
National Academy of Sciences, to conduct periodic re-
6
views of the initiative. The Secretary shall consider
7
the results of such assessment and review activities in
8
making funding decisions under paragraphs (1) and
9
(2) of this subsection.
10
(4) T
ECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
.—The National
11
Laboratories shall cooperate with and provide tech-
12
nical assistance to persons carrying out projects
13
under the initiative.
14
(5) A
UDITS
.—
15
(A) I
N GENERAL
.—The Secretary shall re-
16
tain an independent, commercial auditor to de-
17
termine the extent to which funds made available
18
under this section have been expended in a man-
19
ner that is consistent with the objectives under
20
subsection (b) and, in the case of funds made
21
available to the consortium, the annual program
22
plan of the consortium under subsection
23
(c)(4)(B).
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(B) R
EPORTS
.—The auditor shall submit to
1
Congress, the Secretary, and the Comptroller
2
General of the United States an annual report
3
containing the results of the audit.
4
(6) A
PPLICABLE LAW
.—Grants, contracts, and
5
cooperative agreements under this section shall not be
6
subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
7
(f) P
ROTECTION OF
I
NFORMATION
.—Information ob-
8
tained by the Federal Government on a confidential basis
9
under this section shall be considered to constitute trade se-
10
crets and commercial or financial information obtained
11
from a person and privileged or confidential under section
12
552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code.
13
(g) A
UTHORIZATION OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—In addi-
14
tion to amounts authorized under section 1211(c), there are
15
authorized to be appropriated for activities under this sec-
16
tion $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2011.
17
(h) D
EFINITIONS
.—In this section:
18
(1) A
DVANCED
SOLID
-
STATE
LIGHTING
.—The
19
term ‘‘advanced solid-state lighting’’ means a
20
semiconducting device package and delivery system
21
that produces white light using externally applied
22
voltage.
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(2)
C
ONSORTIUM
.—The
term
‘‘consortium’’
1
means the Next Generation Lighting Initiative Con-
2
sortium under subsection (c).
3
(3) I
NITIATIVE
.—The term ‘‘initiative’’ means
4
the Next Generation Lighting Initiative established
5
under subsection (a).
6
(4)
INORGANIC WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODE
.—
7
The term ‘‘inorganic white light emitting diode’’
8
means an inorganic semiconducting package that pro-
9
duces white light using externally applied voltage.
10
(5) O
RGANIC WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODE
.—
11
The term ‘‘organic white light emitting diode’’ means
12
an organic semiconducting compound that produces
13
white light using externally applied voltage.
14
(6) W
HITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODE
.—The term
15
‘‘white light emitting diode’’ means—
16
(A) an inorganic white light emitting diode;
17
or
18
(B) an organic white light emitting diode.
19
SEC. 1214. RAILROAD EFFICIENCY.
20
(a) E
STABLISHMENT
.—The Secretary shall, in co-
21
operation with the Secretaries of Transportation and De-
22
fense, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
23
tion Agency, establish a public-private research partnership
24
involving the Federal Government, railroad carriers, loco-
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motive manufacturers, and the Association of American
1
Railroads. The goal of the initiative shall include devel-
2
oping and demonstrating locomotive technologies that in-
3
crease fuel economy, reduce emissions, improve safety, and
4
lower costs.
5
(b) A
UTHORIZATION OF
A
PPROPRIATIONS
.—There are
6
authorized to be appropriated to carry out the requirements
7
of this section $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and
8
$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
9
SEC. 1215. HIGH POWER DENSITY INDUSTRY PROGRAM.
10
The Secretary shall establish a comprehensive research,
11
development, demonstration and deployment program to
12
improve energy efficiency of high power density facilities,
13
including data centers, server farms, and telecommuni-
14
cations facilities. Such program shall consider technologies
15
that provide significant improvement in thermal controls,
16
metering, load management, peak load reduction, or the ef-
17
ficient cooling of electronics.
18
SEC. 1216. RESEARCH REGARDING PRECIOUS METAL CA-
19
TALYSIS.
20
The Secretary of Energy may, for the purpose of devel-
21
oping improved industrial and automotive catalysts, carry
22
out research in the use of precious metals (excluding plat-
23
inum, palladium, and rhodium) in catalysis directly,
24
through national laboratories, or through grants to or coop-
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erative agreements or contracts with public or nonprofit en-
1
tities. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
2
this section such sums as are necessary for fiscal years 2003
3
through 2006.
4
Subtitle B—Renewable Energy
5
SEC. 1221. ENHANCED RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH
6
AND DEVELOPMENT.
7
(a) P
ROGRAM
D
IRECTION
.—The Secretary shall con-
8
duct balanced energy research, development, demonstration,
9
and technology deployment programs to enhance the use of
10
renewable energy.
11
(b) P
ROGRAM
G
OALS
.—
12
(1) W
IND POWER
.—The goals of the wind power
13
program shall be to develop, in partnership with in-
14
dustry, a variety of advanced wind turbine designs
15
and manufacturing technologies that are cost-competi-
16
tive with fossil-fuel generated electricity, with a focus
17
on developing advanced low wind speed technologies
18
that, by 2007, will enable the expanding utilization
19
of widespread class 3 and 4 winds.
20
(2) P
HOTOVOLTAICS
.—The goal of the photo-
21
voltaic program shall be to develop, in partnership
22
with industry, total photovoltaic systems with in-
23
stalled costs of $4,000 per peak kilowatt by 2005 and
24
$2,000 per peak kilowatt by 2015.
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(3) S
OLAR THERMAL ELECTRIC SYSTEMS
.—The
1
goal of the solar thermal electric systems program
2
shall be to develop, in partnership with industry,
3
solar power technologies (including baseload solar
4
power) that are competitive with fossil-fuel generated
5
electricity by 2015, by combining high-efficiency and
6
high-temperature receivers with advanced thermal
7
storage and power cycles.
8
(4) B
IOMASS
-
BASED POWER SYSTEMS
.—The goal
9
of the biomass program shall be to develop, in part-
10
nership with industry, integrated power-generating
11
systems, advanced conversion, and feedstock tech-
12
nologies capable of producing electric power that is
13
cost-competitive with fossil-fuel generated electricity
14
by 2010, together with the production of fuels, chemi-
15
cals, and other products under paragraph (6).
16
(5) G
EOTHERMAL ENERGY
.—The goal of the geo-
17
thermal program shall be to develop, in partnership
18
with industry, technologies and processes based on ad-
19
vanced hydrothermal systems and advanced heat and
20
power systems, including geothermal heat pump tech-
21
nology, with a specific focus on—
22
(A) improving exploration and character-
23
ization technology to increase the probability of
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drilling successful wells from 20 percent to 40
1
percent by 2006;
2
(B) reducing the cost of drilling by 2008 to
3
an average cost of $150 per foot; and
4
(C) developing enhanced geothermal systems
5
technology with the potential to double the use-
6
able geothermal resource base.
7
(6) B
IOFUELS
.—The goal of the biofuels program
8
shall be to develop, in partnership with industry—
9
(A) advanced biochemical and thermo-
10
chemical conversion technologies capable of mak-
11
ing liquid and gaseous fuels from cellulosic feed-
12
stocks that are price-competitive with gasoline or
13
diesel in either internal combustion engines or
14
fuel cell vehicles by 2010; and
15
(B) advanced biotechnology processes capa-
16
ble of making biofuels, biobased polymers, and
17
chemicals, with particular emphasis on the de-
18
velopment of biorefineries that use enzyme based
19
processing systems.
20
For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘cellulosic
21
feedstock’’ means any portion of a food crop not nor-
22
mally used in food production or any nonfood crop
23
grown for the purpose of producing biomass feedstock.
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(7) H
YDROGEN
-
BASED ENERGY SYSTEMS
.—The
1
goals of the hydrogen program shall be to support re-
2
search and development on technologies for produc-
3
tion, storage, and use of hydrogen, including fuel cells
4
and, specifically, fuel-cell vehicle development activi-
5
ties under section 1211.
6
(8) H
YDROPOWER
.—The goal of the hydropower
7
program shall be to develop, in partnership with in-
8
dustry, a new generation of turbine technologies that
9
are less damaging to fish and aquatic ecosystems.
10
(9) E
LECTRIC
ENERGY
SYSTEMS
AND
STOR
-
11
AGE
.—The goals of the electric energy and storage
12
program shall be to develop, in partnership with
13
industry—
14
(A) generators and transmission, distribu-
15
tion, and storage systems that combine high ca-
16
pacity with high efficiency;
17
(B) technologies to interconnect distributed
18
energy resources with electric power systems,
19
comply with any national interconnection stand-
20
ards, have a minimum 10-year useful life;
21
(C) advanced technologies to increase the
22
average efficiency of electric transmission facili-
23
ties in rural and remote areas, giving priority
24
for demonstrations to advanced transmission
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