Friday’s Five – Presidential Solar Facts

Feb 15

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  • 1977 – President Jimmy Carter installs solar panels on the White House and promotes incentives for solar energy systems.

  • 1986 – President Ronald Reagan removes solar panels from the White House.

  • 1991 – President George H. W. Bush directs the U.S. Department of Energy to establish the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (transferring the existing Solar Energy Research Institute).

  • 2002 – President George W. Bush installed a 9 kW ‘building-integrated photovoltaic panels on the roof of a grounds maintenance building at the White House for the National Parks Service. Also installed were two solar water heating systems.

  • 2010 – President Barack Obama orders installation of additional solar panels and a solar hot water heater at the White House.

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