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.

Coal museum using solar panels.

Solar farm in new mexico. 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 work began tuesday to power the energy not by coal but by the sun. The museum in benham owned by the southeast kentucky community and technical college has decided to go green to save a little money.

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

For example public service company of colorado psco recently decided to retire two coal plants in pueblo colorado. Benham population 500 will soon get an array of solar panels atop the kentucky coal mining museum. The museum in benham began installing the solar panels on tuesday wymt reported. 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.

It is a little ironic said robinson but you know coal and solar and all the different energy sources work hand in hand. 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 which memorializes kentucky s history. The project funded by an anonymous outside foundation was spearheaded by the benham power board a local municipal utility in benham where the museum is located.