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

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

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.

In 1979, the Carter administration installed 32 solar panels at the white house. The panels, which were used to heat water, ...

Alas, they did not, so Carter’s White House solar panels today are also a symbol — not so much of a road not taken but of a road not taken fast enough in America. By the way, Carter was also ...

When it came to protecting Mother Earth, in many respects, the late President Jimmy Carter was way ahead of his time.

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

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Jimmy Carter speaks against a backdrop of solar panels at ...

One of Carter’s most significant actions, a symbolic one, was installing solar panels on the White House. And he signed the National Energy Act, which reduced U.S. dependence on foreign oil and ...

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