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 ...

The past 20 years have seen remarkable shifts in technology, from smartphones to solar and the electrification of transport.

The foundations of the modern world were laid by one major event—the industrial revolution ... iron ore in a blast furnace fueled with coal and coke, a coal-derived fuel. As a result, iron ...

A new reconstruction of 19th-century Britain's water resources has revealed how limited access to waterpower during the Industrial Revolution ... soon adopted coal-powered steam engines to meet ...

Former Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has urged African countries not to miss out on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, ...

“This was the industrial revolution, right here ... to generate heat, then steam, then electricity. Coal heated the homes, ...

By Charles Miller The sound of celebration echoed across the City of London. In 1882, Londoners gathered on Holborn Viaduct to marvel at a groundbreaking innovation: the first coal-powered electricity ...

On the distant fringe of the city, another new coal power plant is rising from the sand on the edge of the vast Ordos Desert at the massive Jinjie Industrial Park - where rows of factories turn ...

Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has urged African nations to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution, stressing ...

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, ...