First Solar Panels On White House

1979 carter installs first solar panels.

First solar panels on white house.

Solar energy at the white house. The national park service oversaw the installation of three solar energy systems on the white house grounds in 2002. Those first solar panels in the white house were installed by our 39th president jimmy carter. The building didn t use solar panels.

In 1991 unity college an environmentally centered college in maine acquired the panels and later installed them on their cafeteria. Former president carter s decision was certainly a symbolic one as the solar panels were installed during the 1979 oil crisis. A solar thermal application for providing hot water for the grounds maintenance staff was added to this building as well. 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.

All about president carter s energy policy. In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house. This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency. 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.

Instead solar was integrated into the rooftop. Our staff is licensed and certified in all aspects of solar panel installation. Chapin et al s solar energy converting apparatus patented february 5 1957 u s. A system of 167 photovoltaic panels was placed on the roof of the central maintenance building.