Coal Mining Museum Solar Panels

Coal museum switches to solar to save money.

Coal mining museum solar panels.

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 largest electric customers. Solar panels are hot even in the heart of coal country. The kentucky coal mining museum in benham is owned by southeast kentucky community and technical college. The move generated surprised headlines across the country.

The kentucky coal mining museum in an effort to save on its monthly electric bill is getting about 80 solar panels installed on its roof. 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 museum which opened in 1994 with the help of some state funding houses relics from the state s coal mining past including items from the personal collection of coal miner s daughter. A kentucky museum devoted to the history of coal is abandoning its namesake for a simple reason.

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