Sec. 3. Establishment of clean technology consortia program
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The Secretary shall establish and carry out a program to establish clean technology consortia to enhance the economic, environmental, and energy security of the United States by promoting domestic development, manufacture, and deployment of clean, state-of-the-art technologies. The Secretary shall carry out the program established under subsection
(a)by leveraging the expertise and resources of private research communities, institutions of higher education, industry, venture capital, National Laboratories (as defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801 )), and other participants in technology innovation— to support collaborative, cross-disciplinary research and development in clean technologies and advanced manufacturing; and to develop and accelerate the commercial application of innovative clean technologies and advanced manufacturing practices. The Secretary shall— carry out and oversee all aspects of the program established under subsection (a); select recipients of grants for the establishment and operation of consortia through a competitive selection process; and coordinate the innovation activities of consortia with activities carried out by the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, other Federal agency heads, industry, and institutions of higher education, including by annually— issuing guidance regarding national clean technology and advanced manufacturing development priorities and strategic objectives; and convening a conference relating to clean technology and advanced manufacturing, which shall bring together representatives of Federal agencies, industry, institutions of higher education, and other entities to share research and commercialization results, program plans, and opportunities for collaboration. The purposes of the consortia shall include— promoting new innovative clean technologies that have demonstrated interest and potential for commercialization; expanding advanced manufacturing capabilities, networks, supply chains, and assets, in the area of clean technologies, that contribute to regional and national manufacturing competitiveness and potential for growth; promoting job creation and entrepreneurship through the establishment of new companies, the expansion of existing companies, and commercialization of clean technologies; providing technical or financial assistance to companies looking to invest in clean technologies, new products or services, or enhanced processes that will grow sales and jobs; determining opportunities and challenges that companies are facing and how to improve their use or production of clean technologies; assisting individual small- and medium-sized enterprises with adopting and utilizing new clean technologies and related business and advanced manufacturing practices; accelerating investment in and deployment of clean technologies through public-private partnerships; encouraging partnering between and among emerging and established clean technology and advanced manufacturing enterprises; or demonstrating a comprehensive and successful model for commercialization of clean technologies for promotion and emulation.
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