Scientists have developed a methodology to convert America's half a million abandoned coal mines into long-term pumped hydro energy storage facilities, offering solutions for environmental cleanup, ...

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

Hundreds of people have died or were injured at abandoned mine sites. States and tribes want Congress to fund cleanups.

Dozens of people get injured or die in the U.S. every year because they don’t follow this simple advice: Stay out of abandoned and active mines and surrounding lands. Abandoned mines are not history ...

The sensors operate on an ultra-low-power protocol, enabling deployments to remain in place for as long as 10 years with zero need for maintenance.

In previous articles, we have discussed (i) geothermal energy (heat from within the earth) as another source of renewable energy for heating and cooling of buildings, but whose use has been virtually ...

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 ...

An oil and gas company lost over a million gallons of drilling fluid into an abandoned coal mine in Washington County over a ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have performed advanced hydrodynamic modeling and developed chemical models to assess the feasibility of converting abandoned coal mines into underground ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have successfully developed advanced modeling tools that ...

Arizona’s three public universities have developed a new tool to help environmental officials find and cleanup abandoned mines in the state.

Export officials have spent the past decade shining a light on its future, revamping the borough’s downtown area and paving ...