### Question
How is the term ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship defined?


### Answer
The term **ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship** is defined in *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 1271* as the following:

> any at-sea facility or vessel, whether mobile, floating unmoored, moored, or standing on the seabed, which uses 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 or vessel 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, freshwater, or product to shore, and all other associated equipment and appurtenances of such facility or vessel, to the extent they are located seaward of the highwater mark

#### Citation:
  - *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 1271*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 27-MERCHANT MARINE ACT, 1936 > SUBCHAPTER XI-FEDERAL SHIP MORTGAGE INSURANCE**

