42 USC 6341 - Definitions
In this part:
(1) Administrator
The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) Combined heat and power
The term combined heat and power system means a facility that
The term combined heat and power system means a facility that
(A) simultaneously and efficiently produces useful thermal energy and electricity; and
(B) recovers not less than 60 percent of the energy value in the fuel (on a higher-heating-value basis) in the form of useful thermal energy and electricity.
(3) Net excess power
The term net excess power means, for any facility, recoverable waste energy recovered in the form of electricity in quantities exceeding the total consumption of electricity at the specific time of generation on the site at which the facility is located.
The term net excess power means, for any facility, recoverable waste energy recovered in the form of electricity in quantities exceeding the total consumption of electricity at the specific time of generation on the site at which the facility is located.
(4) Project
The term project means a recoverable waste energy project or a combined heat and power system project.
The term project means a recoverable waste energy project or a combined heat and power system project.
(5) Recoverable waste energy
The term recoverable waste energy means waste energy from which electricity or useful thermal energy may be recovered through modification of an existing facility or addition of a new facility.
The term recoverable waste energy means waste energy from which electricity or useful thermal energy may be recovered through modification of an existing facility or addition of a new facility.
(6) Registry
The term Registry means the Registry of Recoverable Waste Energy Sources established under section 6342 (d) of this title.
The term Registry means the Registry of Recoverable Waste Energy Sources established under section 6342 (d) of this title.
(7) Useful thermal energy
The term useful thermal energy means energy
The term useful thermal energy means energy
(A) in the form of direct heat, steam, hot water, or other thermal form that is used in production and beneficial measures for heating, cooling, humidity control, process use, or other valid thermal end-use energy requirements; and
(B) for which fuel or electricity would otherwise be consumed.
(8) Waste energy
The term waste energy means
The term waste energy means
(A) exhaust heat or flared gas from any industrial process;
(B) waste gas or industrial tail gas that would otherwise be flared, incinerated, or vented;
(C) a pressure drop in any gas, excluding any pressure drop to a condenser that subsequently vents the resulting heat; and
(D) such other forms of waste energy as the Administrator may determine.