Energy use in the US !

First Commercial Coal Production in US Begins in Richmond, Virginia

Jan 1, 1748

http://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015

First electric battery

Jan 1, 1800

http://www.thehistoricalarchive.com/happenings/57/the-history-of-electricity-a-timeline/

First Natural Gas Well in US Is Drilled

Jan 1, 1821

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First telephone invented

Mar 10, 1876

http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone

Electric light bulb

Oct 21, 1879

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/lightbulb.htm

The first electricity-generating wind turbine

Jul 1, 1887

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_turbine

Electric air conditioning

Jan 1, 1911

http://www.thehistoricalarchive.com/happenings/57/the-history-of-electricity-a-timeline/

The first silicon solar cell

Jan 1, 1941

http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventions/a/solar_cell.htm

First nuclear power plant to provide electricity

Jan 1, 1957

http://www.thehistoricalarchive.com/happenings/57/the-history-of-electricity-a-timeline/

World's First Solar Powered Village

Jan 1, 1978

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First Complete Decontamination and Decommissioning of a Nuclear Reactor in the US

Jan 1, 1982

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First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Goes Into Production in Wyoming

Feb 1, 2008

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