While President Obama is away on vacation, the White House is getting a new addition. Solar panels. Construction workers are busy this week putting the panels in place, the first such installation ...

by Ben Geman - 08/15/13 4:28 PM ET by Ben Geman - 08/15/13 4:28 PM ET The White House is making good on a late 2010 pledge to put up solar panels.

In 1977, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels at the White House. His successor, Ronald Reagan, later removed them.

With the goal of making solar panels aesthetically invisible, the Swiss private, nonprofit technology company CSEM has developed what it bills as the world's first white solar modules; designed to ...

In 1977, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels at the White House. His successor, Ronald Reagan, later removed them.

In 1977, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels at the White House. His successor, Ronald Reagan, later removed them.