:) Energy Use In The U.S.

B. Franklin Discovers Electricity :)

Jun 15, 1752

Ben Franklin proved that static electricity and lightning were the same, by tying a key onto a kite string during a storm.

1st Electric Battery

Jan 1, 1800

First electric battery invented by Alessandro Volta.
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1st Electric Motor

Jan 1, 1821

1821 The first electric motor was invented by Michael Faraday.
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Ohm's Law

Jan 1, 1826

Georg Ohm defined the relationship between power, voltage, current and resistance in “Ohms Law.”
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1st Fuel Cell

Feb 1, 1839

Sir William Robert Grove developed the first fuel cell, a device that produces electrical energy by combining hydrogen and oxygen.
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Electric Streetcar

Jan 1, 1881

The electric streetcar was invented by E.W. v. Siemens.
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Electrons Discovered

Apr 30, 1897

Electron discovered by Joseph John Thomson.

World's 1st Turbine Station

Jan 1, 1903

World’s first all turbine station in Chicago.
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Hoover Dam

Mar 1, 1936

Hoover Dam was completed.
(Boulder Dam)

1st Nuclear Power Plant for U.S.

May 26, 1958

Shippingport Reactor in Pennsylvania was the first nuclear power plant to provide electricity to customers in the U.S.