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may possibly have conducted his famous kite experiment in Philadelphia, successfully extracting sparks from a cloud.
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Michael Farady creates the first electric motor.
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In 1878 the world's first hydroelectric power scheme was developed at Cragside in Northumberland, England by William George Armstrong. It was used to power a single light bulb in his art gallery.
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The first power station to use coal was invented by Thomas Edison, it was in New York City,
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was a battery charging machine installed in July 1887 by Scottish academic James Blyth to light his holiday home in Marykirk, Scotland.
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Prince Piero Ginori Conti tested the first geothermal power generator on 4 July 1904, at the Larderello dry steam field in Italy. It was a small generator that lit four light bulbs. Later, in 1911, the world's first geothermal power plant was built there.
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The first liquefied natural gas plant opens in West Virginia
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In the fall of 1941, the first megawatt-class wind turbine was synchronized to a utility grid in Vermont. The Smith-Putnam wind turbine only ran for 1,100 hours before suffering a critical failure. The unit was not repaired because of shortage of materials during the war.
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Researchers invent the first photovoltaic cells. These solar cells convert energy from the sun into electricity. They are first used by the space program to power satellites.
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The General Motors EV1 was an electric car produced and leased by the General Motors Corporation from 1996 to 1999.[1] It was the first mass-produced and purpose-designed electric vehicle of the modern era from a major automaker, and the first GM car designed to be an electric vehicle from the outset.
