Reagan Solar Panels White House Removed

Five years later president reagan inexplicably had the free clean energy sources removed.

Reagan solar panels white house removed.

Reagan who didn t think much of solar energy also allowed the tax credit carter had instated to lapse. To understand what happened we have to go back to the reagan administration. Reagan saw the solar panels installed by carter for what they were a public relations stunt and ordered them dismantled. Reagan was quoted as saying the panels were unsightly and unnecessary.

This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency. The white house did not have solar panels in 2000. In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house. The 32 panels were ripped out in 1986 as yes you guessed right.

In 1986 ronald reagan removed the solar panels installed by jimmy carter from the white house. And in 1986 the reagan administration quietly dismantled the white house solar panel installation while resurfacing the roof. The reagan administration weren t fans of solar. George charles szego the engineer who persuaded carter to install the solar panels reportedly claimed that reagan s chief of staff donald t.

Under reagan funding was cut for the newly formed department of energy and in 1986 when the white house needed roof repairs under the solar thermal panels the reagan administration removed the panels and quietly decided to not reinstall them claiming it simply wasn t a cost effective option. The solar panels which were. In 1991 unity college an environmentally centered college in maine acquired the panels and later installed them on their cafeteria. 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.