Coal Museum Installs Solar Panels

Wales national coal mining museumlocated at big pit blaenavon nr abergavenny in south wales now has 200 photovoltaic solar panels erected on the big pit museum s roof with.

Coal museum installs solar panels. Brandon robinson the museum s. Not everyone is sold on green energy. The museum in benham owned by the southeast kentucky community and technical college has decided to go green to save a little money. For the supporters of the solar industry the move is an.

Cnn you wouldn t expect a museum dedicated to the coal industry to run on anything other than coal but a mining museum in kentucky is soon to be solar powered. 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. The kentucky coal mining museum. 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.

It s also a symbol of the state s efforts to. 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. The kentucky coal mining museum is switching to solar energy. It s in harlan county ky and depicts quote the lives that revolve around the coal industry and wymt reports the museum gets its.

The kentucky coal mining museum is switching to a new form of energy solar power. But one recent convert is an institution dedicated to the legacy of fossil fuels. England s big pit national coal museum has installed 200 solar panels to help.