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2000 BC - Chinese First to Use Coal as an Energy Source
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200 BC - Europeans Harness Water Energy to Power Mills
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1712 - First Steam Engine Developed in England
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1821 - First Natural Gas Well in US
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1830-1840 - First Coal Powered Iron Forges
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1838 - First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Developed
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1860 - First Solar Power System Developed in France
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1870 - John D. Rockefeller Forms Standard Oil
Developed petroleum as major energy source -
Sep. 4, 1882 - First Electric Plant Built by Thomas Edison in New York
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1888 - First Windmill to Generate Electricity
In Cleveland, OH -
