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Commercial Production of Coal
Commercial production of coal begins in the U.S. near Richmond,VA -
Discovery of Electricity
Ben Franklin's famous kite and key experiment takes place discovering electricity -
Coal as a fuel source
The American Railway opens with coal aas it's premiere fuel -
Baltimore Streetlights
Baltimore becomes the 1st city to have gas streetlamps powered by natural gas -
First Oil Drill
Edwin Drake strikes oil in Titusville, PA with his invention of the oil drill -
hydropowered street lamps
Street lamps by niagra falls were powered by hydropower -
1st Coal Fired Power Station
1st coal powered fire station is started by thomas edison in NYC -
1st windmill meant for power
A Danish inventor biulds the 1st windmill created to generate electrcity -
1st Geothermal energy plant
1st dry steam geothermal power plant is built in Tuscany, Italy -
1st natural gas plant
1st natural gas plant opens up in west virginia -
The Tennessee Valley Authority
Estblished to take care of the hydroelcetric poiential of the MIssissippi River -
Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam begins operation on The Colorado River -
Grand Coulee
The nations largest hydroelectric dam begins operation -
Solar Buildings
Energy becomes scarce so solar buildings become popular -
1st solar ccells
The 1st solar cells were used in space programs to pwer satellites. -
Commercial Nuclear power
1st commercial nuclear power plant is goes into service in Shippingport, PA -
Funding increases for geothermal tech
The department of energy increases funding for geothermal energy research -
Nuclear power on the rise
Nuclear power replaces hydropower which formerly had the 2nd place spot in the U.S. underneath coal -
Increase in Solar plant capacity
government increases maximum solar plant capacity from 30 megawatts to 80. -
Largest Geothermal Company
California energy becomes the world's largest geothermal energy company -
Solar sytems for sale
Home Depo begins seliing residential solar power systems in California. -
Renewable energy strives
Wind power provided 5% of the renewable energy used in the U.S.
