They Put Solar on the White House. Here's What Solar Design Associates Learned #354

They Put Solar on the White House. Here's What Solar Design Associates Learned #354

June 9, 2026 · 30 min

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Solar Design Associates discuss their pioneering work in solar energy and the implications of recent trends in the industry.

Solar & storage pioneers Solar Design Associates share 50 years of firsts on the Clean Power Hour. They put solar on the White House in 1979 and built the first community solar garden in America. Haskell Werlin and Steven Strong trace solar's fall from $16 to $1 per watt, explain why the battery cost curve is following the same path, and break down what the ITC-free era means for developers. Solar and storage pioneers Solar Design Associates have been designing solar energy systems since ...

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