Coal Mining Museum Solar Panels

The kentucky coal mining museum is switching to a new form of energy solar power.

Coal mining museum solar panels.

Now it s embracing solar energy. The museum is installing solar panels on its roof part of a project aimed at lowering the energy costs of one of the city s. Putting solar panels on the roof of the coal museum is just one part of benham s energy project which is expected to cost between 400 000 and 500 000 and is being funded through philanthropic. Renewable energy world reports.

The museum which memorializes kentucky s history. Don t look to the kentucky coal mining museum to bring coal back. The big pit national coal mining museum a former mine in wales celebrates the fossil fuel that sparked the industrial revolution. The coal museum switches to solar the kentucky coal museum depicts the lives that revolve around the coal industry but wymt reports they now get their power from solar panels because it s cheaper.

The kentucky coal mining museum is home to a 1940s steam locomotive early mining tools artifacts donated by country icon loretta lynn and as of this week a solar panel array. The kentucky coal mining museum in benham owned by southeast kentucky community and technical college is switching to solar power to save money. An unlikely building is switching to solar powered energy. Four years later his campaign got its biggest win when the kentucky coal mining museum a 36 000 square foot shrine to the business that built benham installed about 80 solar panels on its roof in hopes of saving money on energy.

The museum in benham began installing the solar panels on tuesday wymt reported.