The electricity needed to power new Pennsylvania data centers already in advanced stages of planning could power 11 million ...

Scientists have developed a methodology to convert America's half a million abandoned coal mines into long-term pumped hydro ...

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 ...

Two former coal mining sites in Schuylkill County that suffered heavy environmental damage during those operations decades ago and were then abandoned, will now be restored through two state grants ...

An abandoned mine land reclamation project in Smith Township has received a financial boost. A state grant of $193,493 was awarded to Natural Streams Foundation Inc. to support the initial planning ...

South Wales' abandoned coal mines could hold the key to greener heating across the U.K. Scientists from Aberystwyth University have mapped the microbes that thrive in the mines. These tiny organisms ...

Instead of placing data centers on valuable farmland they could be located on reclaimed sites throughout the Appalachian coal fields.