Coal Mining Museum Solar Panels

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

Coal mining museum solar panels.

An unlikely building is switching to solar powered energy. 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 kentucky coal mining museum in benham is owned by southeast kentucky community and technical college. Brandon robinson the museum s.

A kentucky museum devoted to the history of coal is abandoning its namesake for a simple reason. Coal museum switches to solar to save money. The move generated surprised headlines across the country. It s also a symbol of the state s efforts to.

The museum in benham owned by the southeast kentucky community and technical college has decided to go green to save a little money. 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. The museum in benham began installing the solar panels on tuesday wymt reported. 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.