The first three industrial revolutions were driven by coal and steam, then electricity and the automobile, then computing. Now we may be witnessing the rise of the fourth: an economy powered by ...

Looking back at the sweeping changes of the industrial era, can we anticipate challenges and opportunities created by this ...

McCormick says Pennsylvania’s “abundant energy sector” ensures the Commonwealth will be a key player in the U.S. AI effort.

Climate change will force us to thoroughly reorganize our civilization in fundamental ways. The only avenue for creating and preserving intergenerational wealth will be to invest in a new paradigm.

The steam engine's story involves ingenuity and collaboration. Hero of Alexandria's early device showed steam's potential. Thomas Savery's engine pumped water from mines. James Watt improved ...

Britain's transition from water power to coal-based steam power set the stage for the 19th century Industrial Revolution, which transformed much of Europe and North America into predominantly ...

Key moments in British coal :: 1760 - 1840 Coal production dramatically the Industrial Revolution, fuelling furnaces and steam engines. :: 1815 The Davy safety lamp is invented, reducing the danger of ...

Indiana ought to keep coal plants open until there are small modular nuclear reactors available to provide a consistent ...

Turbines at the UK's last coal-fired power station have turned for the last time - a milestone in Britain's transition to zero-carbon power and the end of Britain’s 142-year history of burning ...

Others, including state governments, followed their lead and by the 1850s anthracite coal was heating homes and boasting the creation of the iron industry as it was used as an industrial fuel.

Britain recorded the first full coal-free day since the Industrial Revolution on April 14, 2017, and the number of days without coal-power recorded each year has steadily increased.