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The invention of the electric motor which could power many appliances.
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Alexandre Becquerel discovered that certain materials produced small amounts of electric current when exposed to light.
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Fuel cell that generates energy in some vehicles and some micro cells can be used in cell phones.
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Daniel Halladay and John Burnham start the U.S. Wind Engine Company and build the Halladay Windmill.
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Thomas Edison invented the first incandescent lightbulb.
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John D. Grant builds the world's first geothermal plant in California.
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The world's largest hydroelectric power plant, the Hoover Dam, is built.
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Gerald Pearson, Daryl Chapin and Calvin Fuller developed the first silicon solar cell capable of generating a measurable electric current.
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US Department of Energy launches the Solar Energy Research Institute,the first federal facility dedicated to harnessing power from the sun.
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Nixon signed the Energy Organization Act which abolishes the Federal Energy Administration and Energy Research.