If Reagan had built on Carter’s commitment to renewable energy we might have cut years from our clean power goals.

Yes, Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House that Ronald Reagan later removed In 1979, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels at the White House. He was the first of three ...

The solar industry has come of age, developing into a technology that is rapidly replacing coal, oil, and natural gas ...

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 ...

In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

President Ronald Reagan removed the solar panels in 1986. After President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100, world leaders, including former US presidents and the British royal family, ...

In 1986, Reagan had the solar panels removed during repairs to the roof of the White House. President Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office. Diana Walker/Getty Images.

Carter's solar panels were removed during repairs to the White House roof and were not reinstalled. "Putting them back up would be very unwise, based on cost," Reagan's White House press secretary ...