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2. Solar power at the White House - Wikipedia

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   On June 20, 1979, 32 solar water heating panels were placed on the roof of the West Wing.The panels were made by InterTechnology/Solar Corp. from Warrenton, Virginia and installed by Hector Guevara of Alternate Energy Industries Corp. [2] At the dedication ceremony for the panels, President Carter said, "In the year 2000 this solar water heater behind me, which is being dedicated today, will ...

3. Jimmy Carter was the first president to install White House ...

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   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 ...

4. Solar power in the United States - Wikipedia

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   An insolation map of the United States with installed PV capacity, 2019. A 2012 report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) described technically available renewable energy resources for each state and estimated that urban utility-scale photovoltaics could supply 2,232 TWh/year, rural utility-scale PV 280,613 TWh/year, rooftop PV 818 TWh/year, and CSP 116,146 TWh/year, for a ...

5. The White House Goes Solar

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   The White House is going solar -- again. Solar panels were installed on the White House last week, part of President Obama's commitment to use more renewable energy. It wasn't announced who the ...

6. Net metering in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Growth of net metering in the United States. Net metering is a policy by many states in the United States designed to help the adoption of renewable energy.Net metering was pioneered in the United States as a way to allow solar and wind to provide electricity whenever available and allow use of that electricity whenever it was needed, beginning with utilities in Idaho in 1980, and in Arizona ...

7. First Solar - Wikipedia

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   First Solar, Inc. is a publicly traded American manufacturer of solar panels, and provider of utility-scale PV power plants, supporting services that include finance, construction, maintenance and end-of-life panel recycling. First Solar uses rigid thin-film modules for its solar panels, and produces CdTe panels using cadmium telluride (CdTe ...