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Benjamin Franklin did an experiment to show the similarity in static electricity and lighting.
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The first electric motor, one that used electric current to produce mechanical motion, was invented by an American physicist named Joseph Henry in 1831.
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Alexandre Edmond Becquerel discovered the photovoltaic effect which explains how electricity can be generated from sunlight
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Sir William Robert Grove developed the first fuel cell, a device that produces electrical energy by combining hydrogen and oxygen.
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Developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse and other inventors, the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations.
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British–American engineer James Francis developed the first modern water turbine, the Francis turbine, which remains the most widely-used water turbine in the world today.
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After many experiments, Thomas Edison invented an incandescent light bulb that could be used for about 40 hours without burning out. By 1880 his bulbs could be used for 1200 hours.
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The first electricity-generating wind turbine was invented by Charles F. Brush. The turbine's diameter was 17 meters (50 feet), it had 144 rotor blades made of cedar wood, and it generated about 12 kilowatts (kW) of power.
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A Tesla coil is an electrical resonant transformer circuit designed by inventor Nikola Tesla . It is used to produce high-voltage, low-current, high frequency alternating-current electricity.
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Italian scientist Piero Ginori Conti invented the first geothermal electric power plant in which steam was used to generate the power.
