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