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First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Developed to Generate Electricity
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Timeline
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Windmill Becomes Popular Water Pumping Tool of Western Homesteaders and Railroad Builders
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First Solar Power System developed in France to produce steam to drive machinery
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First time energy from sunlight is harnassed for generating electricity
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First commercial scale hydroelectric plant goes into operation in Appleton, Wisconsin
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First windmill to generate electricity developed in Cleveland, Ohio
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World's first Geothermal district heating system built in Boise, Ohio
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Vertical axis windmills, Darrieus turbine, is invented
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World's first Geothermal power plant is built in California
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First commercial wind turbines sold to generate electricity on farms.
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Hoover Dam, largest hydroelectric power plant built.
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Russel Ohl invented the silicon solar cell
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First US Satallite in orbit utilizes solar cells for power
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Developed hydrogen fuel to generate electricity for space use
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First commercial scale geothermal electric plants built in US
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Creation of wearable devices
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NEPA, otherwise known as the National Enviromental Policy Act of 1969, enacted and gave responcibilities to new or already established organizations to emphasize the importance of sustainability
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Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 is passed
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Federal involment leads to advances in wind energy
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Solar Penels are used in the White House
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Solar Energy Research Instsitute created
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World's First Solar Powered Village in Arizona
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Solar cells are added to calculators
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World's first wind farm built in New Hampshire
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Sustainable Development defined by Brundtland Commission as "development that meets the needs and aspirations of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
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Denmark creates the first off-shore wind farm
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Google lanches a massive solar panel projects
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India adds solar panels on ATMs
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Ivanpah, world's largest solar power plant goes online
