Which President Removed Solar Panels From The White House

The tumultuous saga of solar panels on the white house.

Which president removed solar panels from the white house.

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. But he wasn t the first president to take advantage of alternative forms of energy atop the living quarters at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. It all started back in 1979 when then president jimmy carter installed 32 solar panels on the white house roof. In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of 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. 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. President barack obama s decision in 2010 to install white house solar panels pleased environmentalists.

The panels were used to heat water for the first family and for water in the white house laundry and cafeteria. 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.