History of Energy

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  • Fist energy
    200,000 BCE

    Fist energy

    The first recorded even of energy being used was fire.
  • Wind energy
    5000 BCE

    Wind energy

    Wind was used to propell boats along the Nile
  • Period: 1000 BCE to

    history of energy

  • Greeks use passive solar power
    500 BCE

    Greeks use passive solar power

    The Greeks built their homes and buildings so the sun heats their homes during the winter seasons.
  • First Windmills
    500

    First Windmills

    First windmills were developed to grinding grain and water-pumping in Persia.
  • Fossil Fuels

    Fossil Fuels

    Coal became commercially used. Fossil fuels became the primary source of energy for the Industrial Revolution.
  • Discovery of electrical energy

    Discovery of electrical energy

    Luigi Galvani discovered certain fluids would generate a flow of electrical power when used as a conductor
  • Electric Power Distributor

    Electric Power Distributor

    Thomas Edison invents the electric power distrubitor which is the final step in carrying electricity from the transmission system to individual consumers.
  • First commercialized battery

    First commercialized battery

    First commercialized battery invented by Waldemar Jungner in 1899
  • Nuclear Fission

    Nuclear Fission

    Physicist Enrico Fermi discovered the energy potential of nuclear fission
  • First nuclear power plant

    First nuclear power plant

    The first nuclear power plant called Chicago-Pile-1 was opened to create atomic bombs