First Solar Panels On White House

Jimmy james carter the 39 th president of the united states was the first president to install solar panels on the white house and he used them to heat the water for the staff kitchen.

First solar panels on white house.

But he wasn t the first president to take advantage of alternative forms of energy atop the living quarters at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. The story of the first solar panels at the white house took many twists and turns and although they were controversial at the time they helped start the solar revolution in this country. Today the group of buildings housing the presidency is known as the white house complex. 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.

Greenleaf solar wants to tell you this story from the 20th century and wants to show you how it resonates in the 21st century. 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. Former president carter s decision was certainly a symbolic one as the solar panels were installed during the 1979 oil crisis. In 2010 president barack obama requested that solar panels and a solar water heater be installed on the white house.

President barack obama s decision in 2010 to install white house solar panels pleased environmentalists. Obama reinstalls solar on white house for first time in 40 years.