Solar Panels Added to White House Roof

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story imageIn 1979, President Jimmy Carter installed 32 solar panels to the roof of the White House. These panels were mainly used to heat water and were removed in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan during roof repairs. In 2002, George W. Bush added solar panels to a maintenance shed on the grounds to help heat the pool.

For the last few years, President Barack Obama has been promising to install photovoltaic solar panels on the White House roof. Although the system was initially planned to produce approximately 19,700 killowatt hours of electricity per year, the final system was scaled back to a mere 6.3kW system. The new system, however, is finally complete and providing power to the high profile residence.

Re: Is it of decent quality? (Score: 1)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-05-13 19:35 (#1JS)

For a president focused on green energy and the like, taking this long to get a system in place is pathetic, to say the least. Obviously the White House had security issues to deal with - imagine some rogue state putting listening equipment in the panels and having access to a great listening opportunity - but still, those problems have solutions and this is ridiculously late in Obama's presidency. It comes across as an afterthought.

Anyway, better than nothing. I'll be putting solar panels on my place next year too, hopefully. I'd like to do it while there are still fancy tax credits on the offer.
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