(1) ADMINISTRATION- The term ‘Administration’ means the Clean Energy Deployment Administration established by section 6.
(2) ADMINISTRATOR- The term ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator of the Administration.
(3) ADVISORY COUNCIL- The term ‘Advisory Council’ means the Energy Technology Advisory Council of the Administration.
(4) BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY- The term ‘breakthrough technology’ means a clean energy technology that--
(A) presents a significant opportunity to advance the goals developed under section 5, as assessed under the methodology established by the Advisory Council; but
(B) has generally not been considered a commercially ready technology as a result of high perceived technology risk or other similar factors.
(5) CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY- The term ‘clean energy technology’ means a technology related to the production, use, transmission, storage, control, or conservation of energy--
(A) that will--
(i) reduce the need for additional energy supplies by using existing energy supplies with greater efficiency or by transmitting, distributing, or transporting energy with greater effectiveness through the infrastructure of the United States;
(ii) diversify the sources of energy supply of the United States to strengthen energy security and to increase supplies with a favorable balance of environmental effects if the entire technology system is considered; or
(iii) contribute to a stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations thorough reduction, avoidance, or sequestration of energy-related emissions; and
(B) for which, as determined by the Administrator, insufficient commercial lending is available to allow for widespread deployment.
(6) COST- The term ‘cost’ has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a).
(7) DIRECT LOAN- The term ‘direct loan’ has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a).
(8) FUND- The term ‘Fund’ means the Clean Energy Investment Fund established by section 4(a).
(9) LOAN GUARANTEE- The term ‘loan guarantee’ has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a).
(10) NATIONAL LABORATORY- The term ‘National Laboratory’ has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
(11) SECRETARY- The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of Energy.
(12) SECURITY- The term ‘security’ has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77b).
(13) STATE- The term ‘State’ means--
(A) a State;
(B) the District of Columbia;
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
(D) any other territory or possession of the United States.
(14) TECHNOLOGY RISK- The term ‘technology risk’ means the risks during construction or operation associated with the design, development, and deployment of clean energy technologies (including the cost, schedule, performance, reliability and maintenance, and accounting for the perceived risk), from the perspective of commercial lenders, that may be increased as a result of the absence of adequate historical construction, operating, or performance data from commercial applications of the technology.