What Happened to Carter’s White House Solar Panels? They Lived On. NYT | Top Stories By: Austyn Gaffney 3 January 2025 at 05:07 The panels, removed under Ronald Reagan, found new homes from Maine to China. And their legacy still reverberates. © Bill Fitz-Patrick/Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum/NARAPresident Jimmy Carter at a dedication ceremony for the White House solar array on June 20, 1979.