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 ...

We could have improved photovoltaic technology faster ... 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 ...

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 ...

As an advocate for clean energy, Carter had 32 solar thermal panels installed on the White House in 1979 ... To continue reading, please visit our pv magazine USA website.

We could have improved photovoltaic technology faster ... 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 ...

In 1986 Ronald Reagan removed the solar system Jimmy Carter had unveiled in 1979. It had operated flawlessly for 7 years.

During his time in the White House, Carter still pushed ... he continued to champion solar energy and oversaw the installation of thousands of photovoltaic panels in his hometown of Plains in ...

Ironically, while Carter put federal money into solar energy research, a few years later his successor Ronald Reagan ripped the solar panels off the White House roof—and a few are still ...

The death of President Jimmy Carter last month brought back poignant memories for people who were in the vanguard of the ...

The former president, who has died aged 100, famously installed thermal solar panels on the roof of the White House in 1979.