Object Details
- Carter, Jimmy
- Inter Technology/Solar Corporation
- Description
- During his term in office, President Jimmy Carter fought for clean energy using renewable sources. As a symbol of his faith in “the power of the sun,” Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the White House West Wing roof in the summer of 1979. These panels were used to heat water in the household for seven years until President Ronald Reagan had them removed in 1986. The panels were stored in a government warehouse until 1991, when they were acquired by Unity College in Maine. The college installed some of the panels to heat their cafeteria water.
- This solar panel is one of the original Carter White House panels and was donated to the National Museum of American History by Unity College in 2009.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1977
- ID Number
- 2009.0154.01
- catalog number
- 2009.0154.01
- accession number
- 2009.0154
- Object Name
- solar panel
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 37 in x 78 in; 12.7 cm x 93.98 cm x 198.12 cm
- place made
- United States: Virginia, Warrenton
- used
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Energy & Power
- Environmental History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Environment
- depicted
- Environmental History
- Record ID
- nmah_1356218
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-ac0e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
