Energy By sgeorge1015 Sep 7, 2015 2000 BC - Chinese First to Use Coal as an Energy Source Sep 7, 2015 200 BC - Europeans Harness Water Energy to Power Mills Sep 7, 2015 1712 - First Steam Engine Developed in England Sep 7, 2015 1821 - First Natural Gas Well in US Sep 7, 2015 1830-1840 - First Coal Powered Iron Forges Sep 7, 2015 1838 - First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Developed By: William Robert Grove (1811 -1896) Sep 7, 2015 1860 - First Solar Power System Developed in France Sep 7, 2015 1870 - John D. Rockefeller Forms Standard Oil Developed petroleum as major energy source Sep 7, 2015 Sep. 4, 1882 - First Electric Plant Built by Thomas Edison in New York Sep 7, 2015 1888 - First Windmill to Generate Electricity In Cleveland, OH Sep 7, 2015 Sources: www.images.google.com http://alternativeenergy.procon.org/
