White House Solar Panels Removed

In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house.

White house solar panels removed.

The first solar panels were placed on the white house more than 30 years earlier by jimmy carter and removed by the very next administration george w. Solar photovoltaic panels and water heaters are installed on the building s roof. Reagan who didn t think much of solar energy also allowed the tax credit carter had instated to lapse. The tumultuous saga of solar panels on the white house.

In 1991 unity college an environmentally centered college in maine acquired the panels and later installed them on their cafeteria. But in a curious parallel with the current occupant of the white house the panels weren t actually removed until 1986 five years after reagan took office. This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency. It all started back in 1979 when then president jimmy carter installed 32 solar panels on the white house roof.

The panels were used to heat water for the first family and for water in the white house laundry and cafeteria. Reagan saw the solar panels installed by carter for what they were a public relations stunt and ordered them dismantled.