---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 9008"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "9008"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/9008"
units:
  - "Chapter 98 — Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Research and Development"
---

# §9008. Definitions


As used in this chapter, the term—

- (1) “ocean thermal energy conversion” means a method of converting part of the heat from the Sun which is stored in the surface layers of a body of water into electrical energy or [energy product equivalent](#2);
- (2) “energy product equivalent” means an energy carrier including, but not limited to, ammonia, hydrogen, or molten salts or an energy-intensive commodity, including, but not limited to, electrometals, fresh water, or nutrients for aquaculture; and
- (3) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–310, § 9, July 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 946.)