By Austyn Gaffney It was a novel idea at the time, but one that made sense: In 1979, President Jimmy Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the roof of the White House. They were removed just ...

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

Praise for Carter's deployment of hot water solar panels ignores, among other things, his promotion of coal and synthetic ...

Nearly 40 years after President Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the White House's roof, he watched nearly 4,000 of them go up in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, in 2017. The panels were ...

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

In 1979, the Carter administration installed 32 solar panels at the white house. The panels, which were used to heat water, were dismantled during the Reagan Era and remained in storage until they ...

Among the many causes Carter championed was renewable energy, which led him to install solar panels on the White House in 1979. His successor, President Ronald Reagan, did not share Carter's ...

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 ...