On a june day in 1979 jimmy carter unveiled 32 thermal solar panels perched atop the roof of the west wing of the white house.
Jimmy carter solar panels white house.
This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency.
That legacy has continued decades later.
The setting was perfect the sun was shining as the press came out to document this momentous occasion.
While jimmy carter was in the white house he championed new energy and became the first president to use solar panels to power portions of the building.
Long before many americans even knew what solar power was carter s effort was an attempt to educate the.
In the year 2000 this solar water heater.
These are arguably the most famous solar panels ever installed.
In 1991 unity college an environmentally centered college in maine acquired the panels and later installed them on their cafeteria.
In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house.
In 1979 president jimmy carter installed 32 solar panels on the roof of the white house.