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.

Reagan solar panels white house removed.

Reagan took solar panels off the white house july 17 2017 when the reagans moved into the white house in 1981 they inherited 32 solar panels generating carbon free electricity on the west wing roof. 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. A larger photograph shows the size of the panels and their proximity to the rest of the white house. In 1986 ronald reagan removed the solar panels installed by jimmy carter from the white house.

George charles szego the engineer who persuaded carter to install the solar panels reportedly claimed that reagan s chief of staff donald t. Reagan saw the solar panels installed by carter for what they were a public relations stunt and ordered them dismantled. The solar panels which were. Since obama s election advocates of solar energy have hounded the administration to return solar to the white house.

Solar panels had once provided hot water for west wing offices under presidents jimmy carter and reagan but reagan had the panels removed in the 1980s. Reagan was quoted as saying the panels were unsightly and unnecessary. 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. This symbolic installation was taken down in 1986 during the reagan presidency.

Regan felt that the equipment was just a joke and he had it taken down the panels were removed in 1986 when work was being done on the white house roof below the panels. In 1979 jimmy carter in a forward looking move installed solar panels in the roof of the white house.