Coal Museum Using Solar Panels

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.

Coal museum using solar panels.

The kentucky coal mining museum in benham owned by southeast kentucky community and technical college is switching to solar power to save money. The museum in benham began installing the solar panels on tuesday wymt reported. It is a little ironic said robinson but you know coal and solar and all the different energy sources work hand in hand. The kentucky coal mining museum is switching to a new form of energy solar power.

Solar farm in new mexico. Now it s embracing solar energy. Bluegrass solar out of whitesburg working in conjunction with star solar in indiana started placing the solar panels on the roof of the museum earlier this week. 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.

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. Psco directed solar replacement power. The move generated surprised headlines across the country. The work began tuesday to power the energy not by coal but by the sun.

The decision to go solar is packed with symbolism but mostly. 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. For example public service company of colorado psco recently decided to retire two coal plants in pueblo colorado. The museum which memorializes kentucky s history.