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Thomas Edison flipped the switch on the first energy plant.
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In Cleveland, Ohio the first windmill made energy. This windmill had 500 rotations pre minute.
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In Boise, Idaho hot water was piped from the ground to houses to heat the houses.
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Theodore Roosevelt signed this bill so people would use alcohol as a menas of energy instead of oil.
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John D. Well drilled a geothermal well into The Gysers (72 miles north of San Fransico). But the geothermal well's materials could not withstand the heat and this new energy resource got looked over because of newer and cheaper forms o energy.
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These wind turbines were used by farmers because other ways of electricty were too expensive. Marcellus and Joe Jacobs (two brothers) came up with the idea.
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The Hoover Dam was completed on the Colorado River in Arizona. This dam produces hrdroelectricity and is the larerst producer of hydroeclectricity until 1948.
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It was barely enough to power a simple string of four, 100-watt light bulbs, but the 16 scientists and engineers - all staff members of Argonne National Laboratory, which designed and built the reactor - recorded their historic achievement by chalking their names on the wall beside the generator.
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This Act allowed people to use atomic energy freely.
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There was oiginally a controversy about whether or not the satellite would have solar cells or batteries. So the scientists put both on and just like they thought, the bateries ran out of power within a week, but the solar cells kept communication going for years.
