Key Historical Energy Events

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  • Dutch Build Windmills for Multiple Uses

    Dutch Build Windmills for Multiple Uses

    The mill reached its greatest size and its most efficient form in the hands of the Dutch engineers toward the end of the sixteenth century.
  • Coal Begins to Displace Use of Other Energies

    Coal Begins to Displace Use of Other Energies

    By the end of the eighteenth century coal began to take the place of current sources of energy.
  • Coal Becomes Primary Locomotive Fuel in US

    Coal Becomes Primary Locomotive Fuel in US

    America's coal industry kicked off when the locomotive was made, coal being used for the fuel.
  • Windmill Becomes Popular Water Pumping Tool

    Windmill Becomes Popular Water Pumping Tool

    It became a popular tool for the Western Homesteaders and Railroad Builders.
  • First Solar Power System Developed

    First Solar Power System Developed

    Worried because of the coal running out, they made solar powared system to drive industrial machinary.
  • First Electric Plant Built

    First Electric Plant Built

    Thomas Edison built the first electric plant in New York, starting up the first power plant.
  • First Windmill to Generate Electricity

    First Windmill to Generate Electricity

    Charles F. Brush creates the world's first windmill that can generate electricity.
  • World's First Geothermal Heating System

    World's First Geothermal Heating System

    World's first geothermal heating system, water is piped from hot springs to town buildings to heat them.
  • World's First Geothermal Power Plant

    World's First Geothermal Power Plant

    John D. Grant created the first geothermal power plant which was used to provide electricity for lighting The Geysers resort.
  • First Commercial Wind Turbines

    First Commercial Wind Turbines

    Marcellus and Joe Jacobs developed the first available wind turbine for the electricity generation.