Top Ten Key Moments in Energy Use

By ben_jive_Mitchell
  • Ben Franklin's Electrical Discovery

    Ben Franklin's Electrical Discovery

    Benjamin Franklin discovers that lightening strikes carry energy by tying a key to the end of a kite.
  • The Electric Motor

    The Electric Motor

    British scientist William Sturgeon creates the first electric commutator motor capable of turning machinery
  • First Gas Battery

    First Gas Battery

    The first Gas Battery (fuel cell) is created by William Robert Grove
  • Birth of Solar Power

    Birth of Solar Power

    Alexander Edmond Becquerel discovers solar potential
  • First Light Bulb

    First Light Bulb

    Thomas Edison creates the first light bulb
  • Hydroelectric Dams

    Hydroelectric Dams

    The first hydroelectric dam began being constructed in 1882
  • First Wind Turbine

    First Wind Turbine

    The first wind turbine was created by Charles F. Brush
  • The term Fuel Cell is coined

    The term Fuel Cell is coined

    Charles Langer and Ludwig Mond come up with the term Fuel Cell
  • Time to get Nuclear

    Time to get Nuclear

    Two German scientists, Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman discover the ability to split the nucleus of a Uranium atom by bombarding it with neutrons. This is called fission.
  • Tesla Car Company Forms

    Tesla Car Company Forms

    In 2003 Tesla begins manufacturing electric cars that can compete and outwork gas powered vehicles.