Energy use in the U.S.

By jdub33
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    10 historical energy evetns

  • First steam engine

    First steam engine
    Developed in England to Pump Water Out of Coal Mines

  • First Hydrogen Fuel Cell

    First Hydrogen Fuel Cell
    Developed to Generate Electricity

  • First Solar Power System

    First Solar Power System
    Developed in France to Produce Steam to Drive Machinery

  • Petroleum becomes a mjor energy source

    Petroleum becomes a mjor energy source
    John D. Rockefeller Forms Standard Oil and Develops Petroleum as a Major Energy Source in the US

  • First Windmill to Generate Electricity

    First Windmill to Generate Electricity
    Developed in Cleveland, Ohio by Charles F. Brush

  • First Diesel Engine to Run on Vegetable Oil

    First Diesel Engine to Run on Vegetable Oil
    Demonstrated at World's Fair in Paris for the first time by Rudolph Diesel.

  • First Commercial Wind Turbines

    First Commercial Wind Turbines
    Sold to Generate Electricity on Remote Farms

  • Hoover Dam

    Hoover Dam
    The World's Largest Hydroelectric Power Plant, Is Built

  • First Nuclear Power Reactor

    First Nuclear Power Reactor
    Generates/d Electricity, Built in Idaho

  • Commercial Scale Geothermal Electric Plant

    Commercial Scale Geothermal Electric Plant
    First one built in the US. Built in California