Solar Panels White House Roof

It seemed like an environmental no brainer.

Solar panels white house roof.

If they re good enough for the white house s roof they re good enough for yours. This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency. Since september 2002 a grid of 167 solar panels on the roof of a maintenance shed has been delivering electricity to the white house grounds. 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 george w. Take a behind the scenes look at the solar panels on the white house roof and learn more about the new public and private sector commitments that organizations have made to advance solar deployment and invest in energy efficiency. Go inside the white house and learn about the installation of solar panels on the roof of the residence. In the 1970s solar power still had a sheen of newness to it.

The panels were used to heat water for the first family and for water in the white house laundry and cafeteria. We are happy to report that 23 years after the previous solar panels were removed two solar thermal systems and a 9 kw photovoltaic pv solar electricity system have returned to the white house. 1979 carter installs first solar panels. Obama reinstalls solar on white house for first time in 40 years in 2013 in response to calls from the solar industry obama announced that solar panels would be installed on the roof of the white house for the first time since carter installed the first panels in 1979.

Bush installed a system on the grounds but they weren t technically on the white house roof itself. Their real power was as a symbol. Obama to tout renewables announce solar panel back at the white house. 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. A few weeks ago we posted an article on the benefits of solar roof panels. A couple of years ago steven weissman an energy lawyer at the university of california berkeley started to shop around for solar panels for his house.