Historical Energy Events

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  • Dutch Build Windmills for Multiple Uses

    Dutch Build Windmills for Multiple Uses
    The Dutch provinces developed the windmill to the fullest possible degree: it ground the grain produced on the rich meadows, it sawed the wood and it ground the spices.

  • First Steam Engine Developed

    First Steam Engine Developed
    First Steam Engine Developed in England to Pump Water Out of Coal Mines

  • First Natural Gas Well in US Is Drilled

    First Natural Gas Well in US Is Drilled
    The first well specifically intended to obtain natural gas was dug in Fredonia, New York, by William Hart.

  • First Solar Power System Developed

    First Solar Power System Developed
    The first solar power system developed in France to produce steam to and to drive machinery.

  • Standard Oil Formed

    Standard Oil Formed
    John D. Rockefeller Forms Standard Oil and Develops Petroleum as a Major Energy Source in the US

  • The Lightbulb

    The Lightbulb
    Thomas Edison invented the incandescent lightbulb.

  • First Battery

    First Battery
    The first battery invented consisted of pairs of copper and zinc discs piled on top of each other, separated by a layer of cloth or cardboard soaked in brine.

  • Geothermal Heating System

    Geothermal Heating System
    The World's First Geothermal District Heating System Built in Boise, Idaho

  • First Nuclear-Powered Submarine

    First Nuclear-Powered Submarine
    The Navy launches the first nuclear-powered submarine, U.S.S. Nautilus.

  • World's First Full-Scale Nuclear Power Plant

    World's First Full-Scale Nuclear Power Plant
    The Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the world's first full-scale nuclear power plant, becomes operational at Shippingport, Pennsylvania.