Coal Mining Museum Solar Panels

The museum in benham owned by the southeast kentucky community and technical college has decided to go green to save a little money.

Coal mining museum solar panels. 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 kentucky coal mining museum in benham is owned by southeast kentucky community and technical college. An unlikely building is switching to solar powered energy. The kentucky coal mining museum is switching to a new form of energy solar power.

The museum in benham began installing the solar panels on tuesday wymt reported. The museum is installing solar panels on its roof part of a project aimed at lowering the energy costs of one of the city s largest electric customers. 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 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. It s also a symbol of the state s efforts to. Brandon robinson the museum s. The move generated surprised headlines across the country.