10 key historical energy events in the world

By ColeThienes
  • Jan 1, 1031

    Japan begins recycling

    Japan begins recycling
    Japan begins the first recorded production of new paper using old paper. All old documents in Japan are recycled into new paper and sold in paper shops.
  • Jan 1, 1502

    Leonardo da Vinci designs a windmill

    Leonardo da Vinci designs a windmill
    Leonardo da Vinci designs a windmill with a revolving turret.

  • Hugh Platt devises the heating of coal

    Hugh Platt devises the heating of coal
    Hugh Platt discovers coke, a substance produced by burning coal.

  • Isaac Newton builds electric generator

    Isaac Newton builds electric generator
    Sir Isaac Newton builds an electric generator composed of a rotating glass sphere.

  • William Symington invents steamboat

    William Symington invents steamboat
    British engineer William Symington invents the steamboat for towing barges.

  • Warren De la Rue invents incandescent light bulb

    Warren De la Rue invents incandescent light bulb

  • First wind turbine operational in Grandpa's Knob, Vermont

    First wind turbine operational in Grandpa's Knob, Vermont

  • First nuclear reactor operational in Windscale. England

    First nuclear reactor operational in Windscale. England

  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is created

    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is created

  • General Motors introduces an Electric Vehicle at an LA auto show

    General Motors introduces an Electric Vehicle at an LA auto show