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(a) In order to achieve the purposes of this chapter, the Director shall conduct programs for energy research, development, demonstration and commercial application with the general goals of-\n(1) increasing the efficiency of all energy intensive sectors through conservation and improved technologies;\n(2) promoting diversity of energy supplies;\n(3) decreasing the dependency of the Virgin Islands on imported fossil fuel energy supplies; and\n(4) improving energy security of the Virgin Islands.\n(b) In carrying out this chapter, the Director shall implement programs and publish reports that provide for:\n(1) Energy efficiency for buildings, energy-consuming industries, and vehicles;\n(2) Electric energy generation, transmission and storage; and\n(3) Renewable energy technologies, including wind power, photovoltaics, solar thermal systems, geothermal energy, biomassed systems, hydrogen-fuelled systems, biofuels and hydropower.\n(c) In the preparation of the reports identified in subsection (b) the Director shall solicit input from industry, institutions of higher education, and other public sources.