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Ten Big Energy Events in History

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  • George Ohm

    George Ohm
    He discovered the relationship between power, voltage, resistence, and current.

  • First Electric Motor

    First Electric Motor
    Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor, an invention that is used in most electrical appliances today.

  • First Rechargeable Battery

    First Rechargeable Battery
    Gaston Plante invents the lead-acid battery, which is the first commercial rechargeable electric battery

  • Incandescent Lighbulb

    Incandescent Lighbulb
    Joseph Swan, an Englishman, invented the first incandescent lightbulb

  • First Hydroelectric Power Plant

    First Hydroelectric Power Plant
    On September 30, 1882, the world's first hydroelectric power plant began operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin. The plant, later named the Appleton Edison Light Company, was initiated by Appleton paper manufacturer H.J. Rogers, who had been inspired by Thomas Edison's plans for an electricity-producing station in New York.

  • First AC system

    First AC system
    Electric air conditioning, invented by W. Carrier

  • "New Deal"

    "New Deal"
    The Roosevelt Administration passed the "New Deal" legislation (to help regulate public utilities and bring electricity to rural America.)

  • First Electric Wind Turbine

    First Electric Wind Turbine
    The first wind turbine, planted in the West, it was decommissioned after an accident in 1945, but until then, it had operated for over 1,100 hours.

  • First Controlled Nuclear Reaction

    First Controlled Nuclear Reaction
    Dr. Enrico Fermi achieves the first controlled nuclear chain reaction with the first demonstration reactor—the Chicago Pile 1.

  • Modern Solar Cell

    Modern Solar Cell
    Bell Labs announces the invention of the first moder silicon solar cell. It is presented at the National Academy of Science Meeting