Abstract
Since 1985, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), formerly the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI), has operated a solar radiation measurement network of six stations located at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the southeastern United States. NREL initiated this network to provide better regional coverage and to comply with President Reagan`s Executive Order 12320, dated September 15, 1981, directing all federal agencies to implement programs to strengthen the nation`s HBCUs. Funding for the HBCU network has been provided by the Department of Energy`s (DOE`s) Resource Assessment Program, Photovoltaic Program, and Solar Thermal Program, and it is currently funded by the Solar Radiation Resource Assessment Project. The objectives of the HBCU network are (1) To significantly improve the assessment of solar radiation resources in the southeastern United States; (2) To enlist the help of the HBCUs in collecting high-quality solar radiation data; (3) To encourage the distribution of solar radiation resource information and the development of solar energy applications in the Southeast; (4) To encourage the development of academic and research programs in solar energy at HBCUs.
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