The White House now has solar panels on its roof, part of a broader push by Obama to expand solar deployment in the U.S. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. Democracy Dies in Darkness.

Solar panels will make their return to the White House roof, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today. An open-bidding process is being opened up through the General Services Administration ...

Back in 2010, the Obama administration announced that it would be restoring solar panels to the roof of the White House residence. Originally, panels were installed in the late ‘70s during ...

Obama reverses Reagan, puts solar panels on White House roof by Laura Barron-Lopez - 05/09/14 9:46 AM ET. by Laura Barron-Lopez - 05/09/14 9:46 AM ET.

It was a novel idea at the time, but one that made sense: In 1979, President Jimmy Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the roof of the White House. They were removed just seven years later ...