Us energy

Timeline of Energy Use in the USA

By Icedragon201213
  • Steam Engine Patented

    Steam Engine Patented

    James Watt patents the steam engine in 1769. In early steam engines, coal was used to produce the steam that powered them.
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    Timespan of Energy Use in the US

  • First Commercial Oil Well Drilled

    First Commercial Oil Well Drilled

    After this evernt, kerosene begins to become a more popular lamp fuel for the US.
  • First Solar Energy Conversion

    First Solar Energy Conversion

    For the first time in recorded history, Auguste Mouchout succeeds in converting solar radiation into mechanical power.
  • First Electric Plant Built

    First Electric Plant Built

    Thomas Edison builds the first electric plant in New York.
  • A.C. Generators Developed

    A.C. Generators Developed

    Nikola Tesla creates Alternating Current generators that allow the transmission of energy across longer distances.
  • First Commercial Greenhouse Use of Geothermal Energy

    First Commercial Greenhouse Use of Geothermal Energy

    Undertaken in Boise, Idaho, the operation utilized a well dug in 1926 that was a little under half a mile deep.
  • First Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction

    First Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction

    At the University of Chicago, working under the alias of "The Manhattan Project", physicist Enrico Fermi and his team achieved a controlled nuclear reaction.
  • Nuclear Power Reactor Generates Electricity

    Nuclear Power Reactor Generates Electricity

    In Idaho, the first nuclear power reactor to generate electricity is built. The amount of power produced was tiny, but it was a massive achievement at the time.
  • The Environmental Protection Agency is Created

    The Environmental Protection Agency is Created

  • More Biodiesel Plants Scheduled to be Built

    More Biodiesel Plants Scheduled to be Built

    AGRA Biofuels plans to build no less than eleven biodiesel plants in Pennsylvania in the near future.