The panels, removed under Ronald Reagan, found new homes from Maine to China. And their legacy still reverberates.

Unity College acquired the panels in 1991 after they were removed from the White House, and they were used to heat water at ...

Amid the energy crisis of the 1970s, President Jimmy Carter hoped to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.

Nearly 40 years after President Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the White House's roof, he watched nearly 4,000 of ...

President Carter had a visionary understanding of the climate change crisis ahead, which only grows more profound with each passing year.

“President Carter was four decades ahead of his time,” said Manish Bapna, who leads the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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

In the renewable energy arena, Jimmy Carter is perhaps best known for having solar panels installed on the roof of the White ...

Not all of Carter's forgotten wins have to do with energy. Carter signed many deregulation bills, which targeted airlines, ...

The need for alternative sources of energy and a desire for energy independence prompted President Jimmy Carter to install the first solar panels on the roof of the White House in 1979.

Among the many causes Carter championed was renewable energy, which led him to install solar panels on the White House in 1979. His successor, President Ronald Reagan, did not share Carter's ...