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 ...

Just because a mine has been exhausted of its ore, that doesn't necessarily mean it has no value. A 2023 study suggests that the shafts of such abandoned mines could serve as energy-storing gravity ...

While most of the abandoned mines in New Hampshire are not producing significant contamination, there are a few that have. (Courtesy of Trout Unlimited) With little attention in the media, except in a ...

The Ukraine war sent shockwaves through global energy markets, driving up prices and leaving households across the UK struggling with soaring energy bills. But beneath the ground, in disused coal ...

The Biden administration has committed $22 million to reclaim abandoned coal mines in Southwest Virginia, the New River Valley and Central Virginia. The investment, announced last week, builds on ...