Coal Museum Using Solar Panels

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

Coal museum using solar panels.

The decision to go solar is packed with symbolism but mostly. The museum in benham began installing the solar panels on tuesday wymt reported. 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. 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 work began tuesday to power the energy not by coal but by the sun. 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. For example public service company of colorado psco recently decided to retire two coal plants in pueblo colorado. Now it s embracing solar energy.

The move generated surprised headlines across the country. 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. Solar farm in new mexico. Benham population 500 will soon get an array of solar panels atop the kentucky coal mining museum.

Psco directed solar replacement power. The kentucky coal mining museum in benham owned by southeast kentucky community and technical college is switching to solar power to save money. 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. The museum which memorializes kentucky s history.