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.

The president failed to boost coal in his first administration. Now he's betting that surging energy demand will revive an ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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 birthplace of the industrial revolution marked a quiet, albeit monumental moment in its history. The giant machines that had spun inside the colossal Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power plant ...

The Japanese island of Hashima was closed in 1974 and fell into disrepair, but since the 2000s, it has been reborn as a ...