Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 1974

SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH ACT (1974)

Long title	Solar Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1974
Enacted by	the 93rd United States Congress
Legislative history
Signed into law by President Gerald Ford on October 26, 1974

For Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 1978, please see Solar Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1978 - Wikipedia.

The Solar Energy Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 1974 (SERDDA) is legislation that the 93rd U.S. Congress had enacted on October 26, 1974.^[1]

It created two key programs:

• The Solar Energy Coordination and Management Project
• The Solar Energy Research Institute (the predecessor to the National Energy Research Laboratory