Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 42 > Chapter 99 > Subchapter II - Maritime Financing for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

• facility: means an ocean thermal energy conversion facility. See 42 USC 9102
• ocean thermal energy conversion facility: means any facility which is standing, fixed or moored in whole or in part seaward of the highwater mark and which is designed to use temperature differences in ocean water to produce electricity or another form of energy capable of being used directly to perform work, and includes any equipment installed on such facility to use such electricity or other form of energy to produce, process, refine, or manufacture a product, and any cable or pipeline used to deliver such electricity, fresh water, or product to shore, and all other associated equipment and appurtenances of such facility, to the extent they are located seaward of the highwater mark. See 42 USC 9102
• plantship: means an ocean thermal energy conversion plantship. See 42 USC 9102
• vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3