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Modern Flourescent Lamp
Peter Hewitt patents the first modern flourscent lightbulb for photographic studios and industry -
First Geothermal Plant
Prince Piero Conti, owner of the Larderello fields, ended a long-standing dispute with the local electricity company and attached a generator to a natural-steam-driven engine. It was a small generator which only lit four light bulbs - but the first of its kind none the less! -
East Texas Oil field
The east Texas oil field is disocovered creating a national need for oil -
Obinsk Power Plant
First civilian power plant is built in Obisnk Russia -
First Commerical Solar Panel
The first commercial solar cell was made available to the public at a very expensive $300 per watt. It was now being used in radios and toys. -
First Tidal Power Station
The first tidal power station was the Rance tidal power plant built over a period of 6 years from 1960 to 1966 at La Rance, France, It has 240 MW installed capacity. -
Department of Energy created
In response to ongoing energy debates with the middle East, President Carter founds the Department of Energy -
Oil Embargo
Oil Embargo shows that U.S. our dpendence on foreign oil and our need for alternative energies -
Enercon E-126
the worlds largest Wind Turbine is built in germany, it can produce more than 200 million kilowatts per year. -
Hoover Dam
The Hoover dam is completed, and would go on to provide power to the entire South West area.
