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Ben Franklin proved that static electricity and lightning were the same.
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Alessandro Volta invented the electric battery which was named after him "volta".
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Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor, an invention that is used in most electrical appliances today
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Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph which helped in the way that people could send messages in long distance.
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invented an incandescent light bulb.
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Italian scientist Piero Ginori Conti invents the first geothermal electric power plant.
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W. Carrier invented the first electrical air condition.
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photoelectric cells were discovered.
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Sir William Robert Grove invented the first fuel cell which produces hydrogen and oxygen.
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The first wind farm was established in New Hampshire.
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The nations first solar thermal plant opened near Daggett, California.
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Energy Secretary created the new office of the Environmental Restoration and Waste Management.
