The panels, removed under Ronald Reagan, found new homes from Maine to China. And their legacy still reverberates.

Amid the energy crisis of the 1970s, President Jimmy Carter hoped to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.

Nearly 40 years after President Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the White House's roof, he watched nearly 4,000 of ...

Unity College acquired the panels in 1991 after they were removed from the White House, and they were used to heat water at ...

In the renewable energy arena, Jimmy Carter is perhaps best known for having solar panels installed on the roof of the White ...

The peanut farmer turned president, who died Sunday at 100, put solar panels on the White House and once spent 89 seconds ...

Jimmy Carter established a green legacy in the fields, forests and river bottoms of Georgia as much as he did in the White ...

Jan. 5—The need for alternative sources of energy and a desire for energy independence prompted President Jimmy Carter to install the first solar panels on the roof of the White House in 1979.

Jimmy Carter was the first president to install White House solar panels, then Ronald Reagan removed them. Here's what happened. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the roof ...

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the roof of the White House. Amid an energy crisis, Carter hoped to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil. President Ronald Reagan ...