Solar Panels Used In Kentucky Coal Museum

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Solar panels used in kentucky coal museum.

The kentucky coal museum which is owned by southeast kentucky community and technical college skctc is hoping to soon be mostly powered by the sun. 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. An unlikely building is switching to solar powered energy. Kentucky coal museum gets power from solar panels april 06 2017 09 37 pm file residents of benham kentucky the home of the kentucky coal museum which has solar panels on its roof are sort.

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 move generated surprised headlines across the country. 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 is switching to a new form of energy solar power.

The museum is switching to solar power in hopes of saving money on energy costs as reported by wymt and ekb tv. The kentucky coal mining museum in benham is owned by southeast kentucky community and technical college. The effort comes as the region looks at ways to become more forward thinking and diversify the number of resources used for power distribution. Don t look to the kentucky coal museum to bring coal back.

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