The huge investment comes after campaigning by locals and could see it become a first of its kind energy source.

A North East company that began life in coal mining and has grown into a diversified group is marking 50 years in business.

Randall Atkins expected a modest return on investment when he acquired an old Wyoming coal mine for $2 million (£1.5m), but ...

A project aiming to harness geothermal energy from disused, flooded coal mines in the northeast of England took another step forward this week after it was given planning permission for an initial ...

LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Banks Mining will not appeal against a government decision to reject its plans to develop a new coal mine in northeast England, the British company said on Wednesday.

The UK has taken a significant step towards clean, virtually limitless energy after advancing ...

From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into empty, long-forgotten coal mine shafts—by repurposing them into places to store renewable energy. Using "gravity batteries ...

Between May 17-31, Britain saw its first two-week period without domestic coal-fired power stations generating electricity since the 1880s. However, modelling carried out by energy market data analyst ...

Randall Atkins expected a modest return on his investment when he bought an old coal mine for $2 million (£1.5m), but the ...