10 historic energy events

By treybass

  • First Steam Engine

    First Steam Engine
    This engine could generate power and run machinery.

  • Lightning

    Lightning
    Although this isn't an invention it is still an important event because this is the year that Benjamin Franklin prove that lightning is electricity in the air.

  • First Electric Light

    First Electric Light
    This is so very important because we wouldn't be where we are today if it wasn't for artificial light.

  • Electric Motor

    Electric Motor
    Electric into Mechanical energy by electromagnetic means was proven by Micheal Faraday.

  • First Battery

    First Battery
    The first battery was made up of small discs that were Copper or Zinc with brine soaked material in between.

  • First Automobile

    First Automobile
    The first automobile was made Karl Benz from Germany.

  • Nuclear fission discovered

    Nuclear fission discovered
    This was the main process to develop nuclear energy.

  • Silicon Solar Cell

    Silicon Solar Cell
    Allowed for sunlight energy to be made directly into usable energy.

  • First Production of Solar Panels.

    First Production of Solar Panels.
    These solar panels that we use today are very similar to the first ones and wok very well.

  • Worlds first solar powered town

    Worlds first solar powered town
    This town in Arizona was the first town to be ran by only solar energy.