White House Solar Panels Removed

But in a curious parallel with the current occupant of the white house the panels weren t actually removed until 1986 five years after reagan took office.

White house solar panels removed.

This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency. The panels were used to heat water for the first family and for water in the white house laundry and cafeteria. In 1986 when the price of energy was temporarily cheaper and americans minds were less focused on environmental issues president reagan ordered the panels removed from the white house roof. 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.

It all started back in 1979 when then president jimmy carter installed 32 solar panels on the white house roof. Over the last 40 years solar panels have been installed and removed on the white house under three different presidents starting with jimmy carter installing panels and reagan removing them less than 10 years later. Bush installed a system on the grounds but they weren t technically on the white house roof itself. In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house.

Solar photovoltaic panels and water heaters are installed on the building s roof. Reagan saw the solar panels installed by carter for what they were a public relations stunt and ordered them dismantled.