Coal Museum Installs Solar Panels

Cnn you wouldn t expect a museum dedicated to the coal industry to run on anything other than coal but a mining museum in kentucky is soon to be solar powered.

Coal museum installs solar panels.

The kentucky coal mining museum. For the supporters of the solar industry the move is an. Wales national coal mining museumlocated at big pit blaenavon nr abergavenny in south wales now has 200 photovoltaic solar panels erected on the big pit museum s roof with. 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.

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. But one recent convert is an institution dedicated to the legacy of fossil fuels. England s big pit national coal museum has installed 200 solar panels to help. It s in harlan county ky and depicts quote the lives that revolve around the coal industry and wymt reports the museum gets its.

It s also a symbol of the state s efforts to. Brandon robinson the museum s. 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 is switching to a new form of energy solar power.

The museum in benham owned by the southeast kentucky community and technical college has decided to go green to save a little money. Not everyone is sold on green energy. The kentucky coal mining museum is switching to solar energy.