Coal Mining Museum Solar Panels

The move generated surprised headlines across the country.

Coal mining museum solar panels.

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. Coal museum switches to solar to save money. The kentucky coal mining museum in benham is owned by southeast kentucky community and technical college. It s also a symbol of the state s efforts to.

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. A kentucky museum devoted to the history of coal is abandoning its namesake for a simple reason. The museum in benham began installing the solar panels on tuesday wymt reported.

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 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. 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.