Coal was the fuel that powered factories during the Industrial Revolution. Image caption, The Newcomen steam engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen in 1712. The engine was commonly found in coal ...

Utilities are delaying coal plant retirements and running them even when they cost more than renewable sources.

By comparison, the U.K., where coal helped fuel the industrial revolution two centuries ago, shut down its last coal-powered plant in September. In China, energy demand is growing at such a pace that ...

In its Mathies Mine, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co. put to work last week a machine that set up the rumble of revolution in coal mining. In 60 seconds, the “Continuous Miner” of the Joy ...

Modern industry started in the 18th century, and its growth accelerated throughout the 19th as production switched from metal to coal mining. By the early 20th century, about one in four Welsh workers ...

The fuel that powered the industrial revolution may be in decline at last. This year looks set to see the largest fall in electricity production from coal on record, according to a new report.

The coal age is over in the country that sparked the industrial revolution 200 years ago. In a matter of hours, the boilers ...

In the early 1900s, coal was king. The industrial revolution was underway and it depended on coal to keep its engines humming. Employers controlled almost every aspect of a Canadian coal miner's ...

Now, we stand on the cusp of another great change: the clean industrial revolution. Manufacturers ... iron ore in a blast furnace fueled with coal and coke, a coal-derived fuel.

“The UK spearheaded the coal-powered industrial revolution over 250 years ago and is now demonstrating the viability of a 21st-century clean power transformation,” said Jennifer ...

But the outcrops of coal in this area meant it was only a matter of time ... particularly during the peak of the Industrial Revolution. Sheffield is famous for its ‘five rivers’- the Don, Sheaf, ...