Solar powered presidencies in 1979 president jimmy carter had solar panels installed on the white house during his term as president.
First solar panels on white house.
Today the group of buildings housing the presidency is known as the white house complex.
In 2010 president barack obama requested that solar panels and a solar water heater be installed on the white house.
Former president carter s decision was certainly a symbolic one as the solar panels were installed during the 1979 oil crisis.
However in 1981 president ronald reagan ordered the white house solar panels to be removed.
But he wasn t the first president to take advantage of alternative forms of energy atop the living quarters at 1600 pennsylvania avenue.
Obama reinstalls solar on white house for first time in 40 years.
The story of the first solar panels at the white house took many twists and turns and although they were controversial at the time they helped start the solar revolution in this country.
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.
President barack obama s decision in 2010 to install white house solar panels pleased environmentalists.
In 2013 in response to calls from the solar industry obama announced that solar panels would be installed on the roof of the white house for the first time since carter installed the first panels in 1979.