Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter builds a solar farm to power half his hometown

        September 25, 2019 The Hearty Soul | Georgia | renewables: solar

Having previously installed 32 water-heating solar panels on the White House roof in 1979, Jimmy Carter installed 3,852 single-axis solar tracker panels over 10 acres of his Plains, Georgia, farm in 2017. The 39th U.S. president signed a 25-year PPA with Georgia Power to generate 2 million kWh per year, enough to power 50% of his hometown.