Which President Removed Solar Panels From The White House

Carter shows off his new solar panels at the installation ceremony in 1977.

Which president removed solar panels from the white house.

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. In 1991 unity college an environmentally centered college in maine acquired the panels and later installed them on their cafeteria. 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.

Solar panels finally back on the white house almost 30 years after reagan removed them new 50 comments by nathan ingraham may 9 2014 1 50pm edt. Solar photovoltaic panels and water heaters are installed on the building s roof. Over the last 40 years solar panels have been installed and removed on the white house under three different presidents starting with jimmy carter installing panels and reagan removing them less than 10 years later. This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency.

The tumultuous saga of solar panels on the white house. In 1986 when the price of energy was temporarily cheaper and americans minds were less focused on environmental issues president reagan ordered the panels removed from the white house roof.