Coal Museum Installs Solar Panels

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Coal museum installs solar panels.

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. 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. For the supporters of the solar industry the move is an. The kentucky coal mining museum in an effort to save on its monthly electric bill is getting about 80 solar panels installed on its roof.

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. 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.

England s big pit national coal museum has installed 200 solar panels to help. The museum in benham began installing the solar panels on tuesday wymt reported. 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. But one recent convert is an institution dedicated to the legacy of fossil fuels.

The kentucky coal mining museum is switching to solar energy. The museum in benham owned by the southeast kentucky community and technical college has decided to go green to save a little money. It s in harlan county ky and depicts quote the lives that revolve around the coal industry and wymt reports the museum gets its.