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The first Dutch windmill.
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First Natural Gas Well in U.S Is Drilled
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Ethanol Blend Becomes Popular Lamp Fuel in U.S, Displacing Whale Oil.
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First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Developed to Generate Electricity.
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The first commercial oil lamp fuels, Drilled by Edwin Drake in Pennsylvania.
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First Solar Power System Developed in France to Produce Steam to Drive Machinery.
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John D. Rockefeller Forms Standard Oil and Develops Petroleum as a Major Energy Source in the US
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First Electric Plant
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First Flex Fuel Vehicle.
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Windmill Becomes Popular Water Pumping Tool of Western Homesteaders and Railroad Builders.
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