Key Historical Energy Events

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  • First Steam Engine 1695

    First Steam Engine 1695

    The steam engine could generate power and transmit it to a machine.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZe0cVfKSEE
  • First Electric Light 1809

    First Electric Light 1809

    It was a lightbulb but not the modern types that we have today.It was invented by Thomas Edison.
  • First Oil Well 1859

    First Oil Well 1859

    The first oil well could produce oil and gas in sufficient qualities which made it economically viable.
  • First Hydroelectric Plant 1882

    First Hydroelectric Plant 1882

    The first hydroelectric energy plant was placed on the Fox River in 1882 in Appleton, Wisconsin
  • First Automobile 1886

    First Automobile 1886

    The first automobile was a one cylinder Two stroke unit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ2Q5B0ZYnI
  • First Turbine in the U.S 1887

    First Turbine in the U.S 1887

    Charles F Brush built the first automatically operated wind turbine for electricity production in Cleveland, Ohio. 1887-1888
  • Nuclear Fission Discovered 1937

    Nuclear Fission Discovered 1937

    The discovery of nuclear fission was the main process to generating nuclear energy.
  • First Silicon Solar Cell 1941

    First Silicon Solar Cell 1941

    The first silicon soalr cell invented was an electrical device that converts the energy into electricity.
  • Solar Panel Production Begins 1954

    Solar Panel Production Begins 1954

    Solar panel production was the production of solar panels. A solar panel is designed to absorb the sun's rays as a source of energy for generating electricity or heating.
  • First Nuclear Power Plant 1954

    First Nuclear Power Plant 1954

    The first actual nuclear power plant in America cranked up its generators in 1954. No nuclear power plants have been licensed in the United States since the partial meltdown of the reactor core of the Three Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania in 1979.