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Benjamin Franklin and the Kite
Benjamin Franklin tied a key to a kite and discovered that lightening was electricity during a thunderstorm. -
Natural Gas
In Fredonia, New York, the first US natural gas well was drilled. -
Black Gold is Struck
Edwin Drake struck oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison invents the first incandescent light bulb. -
Water Power
The first hydropower plant in America was built in 1880 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. -
First Solar Cell
Charles Fritts develops the first solar cell. -
Tennessee Valley Authority
The TVA was a New Deal program in which workers made water power plants. -
Nuclear Power
Shippingport Nuclear Power Plant was the first nuclear power plant built in the US. -
First Successful Geothermal Powerplant in US
Pacific Gas and Electric started the US's first successful geothermal power plant at the Geysers in California. -
Roscoe Wind Farm
Roscoe Wind Farm in Texas was built in 2008 and is the largest wind farm in the world.
