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Jean-Victor Poncelot of France proposes the idea of an inward-flowing radial turbine.
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The first electric generator was invented by Michael Faraday. This helped us learn how to generate electricity with hydropower almost a half a century later in 1878.
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This turbine is the most widely used hydroelectric turbine in the world because it can be utilized for the many different applications.
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The first hydraulic power source that generated electricity was built in the United States. Hydroelectric dams produced 40% of the electricity in the United States from 1880-1900.
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First Federal Water Power Act is issued which encourages the use of hydroelectric power.
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It was noticed that the dams used for hydroelectric turbines have been making it difficult for fish migration-A new hydroelectric source was needed.
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Richard Dickson comes up with the idea on AWG/OPEC after reading about descents into the depths of the oceans.
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Dickson's idea on using AWG turbines to convert water pressure into electricity in rivers/oceans was spread to the public and posted in websites.
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The "Hydrosphere", an invention that was the origin to Dickson's Air-Water-Gravity generator, won a History Channel's "Modern Marvels" invention contest award.
