First Solar Panels On White House

This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency.

First solar panels on white house. A solar thermal application for providing hot water for the grounds maintenance staff was added to this building as well. A system of 167 photovoltaic panels was placed on the roof of the central maintenance building. The building didn t use solar panels. 1979 carter installs first solar panels.

Solar energy at the white house. In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house. 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. Instead solar was integrated into the rooftop.

The national park service oversaw the installation of three solar energy systems on the white house grounds in 2002. Our staff is licensed and certified in all aspects of solar panel installation. Bush installed a system on the grounds but they weren t technically on the white house roof itself. Now let s take a look back at the june 1979 solar panel installation at the white house.

Former president carter s decision was certainly a symbolic one as the solar panels were installed during the 1979 oil crisis. All about president carter s energy policy. Chapin et al s solar energy converting apparatus patented february 5 1957 u s. Jimmy james carter the 39 th president of the united states was the first president to install solar panels on the white house and he used them to heat the water for the staff kitchen.