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Static Electricity and Lightning
Ben Franklin ties a key to a kite and proves static electricity and lightning are the same thing.
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Electric Motor
Thomas Davenport invents the electric motor. This appliance is still used today! Source: https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/10-key-historical-energy-events--4 -
The Light Bulb
Thomas Edison invents the incandescent light bulb. This could be used for 40 hours without burning out.
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Solar Power
Henry Becquerel observes the production of electricity when the sun hits an electrolytic cell made up of two metal electrodes.
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Automobile
The first electric automobile was released in the U.S.
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Hoover Dam
The Hoover dam is still on of the largest sources of hydroelectricity in the world.
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Nuclear Power Plant
This was the first nuclear power plant named Shippingport. It was located in Pennsylvania.
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Power Plant Overheats
This nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania overheated and started to melt.
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Wind Farm
20 turns were created on Crotchet Mountain, New Hampshire. They produced 30 kilowatts of power each.
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Biomass Power Station
The world's first Biomass power station was built in Los Angeles, California. It runs on Rice Husks and produces 12 megawatts of power, equal to 3,600 gallons of gas.
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