The Salamanca was the first commercially successful steam locomotive. It was built in 1812 by Matthew Murray to haul coal on the Middleton Railway between Middleton Colliery and Leeds.

Solar generated 11% of EU electricity in 2024, overtaking coal which fell below 10% for the first time, according to the European Electricity Review published today by think tank Ember.

After public backlash tied to policy changes in 2020, the provincial government formed an independent coal policy committee to consult on coal mining in the Rocky Mountains. That panel received ...

The Alberta government has lifted a ban on coal exploration in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains, a move that the regulator says will allow suspended projects to resume. The provincial ...

2:12 Alberta lifts ban on coal mining in the eastern slopes Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province had taxpayers in mind when it decided to lift a ban on new coal exploration and ...

Alberta’s government has quietly rescinded its moratorium on new coal exploration and development in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. It’s a move critics say means the province has ...

China, India, and Indonesia are mining more coal than ever, and nations are consuming more of it than ever—except for Europe and the United States, where coal consumption is down 12% and 5%, ...

Coal prices are expected to ease in 2025, according to Joseph Clarke and Alex Thackrah of Argus Media, a energy and commodity price benchmarks provider, who shared their insights in the paper ...

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway has announced that 45596 Bahamas will be visiting them in April 2025. The Jubilee loco, which will come to the NYMR off the back of the Keighley and Worth Valley ...

“This necessitated an all new valve/pipe location and bracket setup to be engineered and fabricated,” Nace says. “The stoker motor was also removed from under the cab and placed into storage to allow ...

Whitby has a deep heritage which spans more than a thousand years that inspired Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula ... trained as a collier and in shipping coal from the port when he was young ...

Output from thermal plants, predominantly powered by coal, rose 1.5% in 2024 from the previous year, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics. The electricity sector is the largest ...