Energy use in the US ! By Rhiannon 11 Jan 1, 1748 First Commercial Coal Production in US Begins in Richmond, Virginia http://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015 Jan 1, 1800 First electric battery http://www.thehistoricalarchive.com/happenings/57/the-history-of-electricity-a-timeline/ Jan 1, 1821 First Natural Gas Well in US Is Drilled http://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015 Mar 10, 1876 First telephone invented http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone Oct 21, 1879 Electric light bulb http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/lightbulb.htm Jul 1, 1887 The first electricity-generating wind turbine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbine Jan 1, 1911 Electric air conditioning http://www.thehistoricalarchive.com/happenings/57/the-history-of-electricity-a-timeline/ Jan 1, 1941 The first silicon solar cell http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventions/a/solar_cell.htm Jan 1, 1957 First nuclear power plant to provide electricity http://www.thehistoricalarchive.com/happenings/57/the-history-of-electricity-a-timeline/ Jan 1, 1978 World's First Solar Powered Village http://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015 Jan 1, 1982 First Complete Decontamination and Decommissioning of a Nuclear Reactor in the US http://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015 Feb 1, 2008 First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Goes Into Production in Wyoming http://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015
