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Discovery of Electricity
Benjamin Franklin did an experiment to show the similarity in static electricity and lighting. -
First Electric Motor
The first electric motor, one that used electric current to produce mechanical motion, was invented by an American physicist named Joseph Henry in 1831. -
Solar Power
Alexandre Edmond Becquerel discovered the photovoltaic effect which explains how electricity can be generated from sunlight -
Fuel Cell
Sir William Robert Grove developed the first fuel cell, a device that produces electrical energy by combining hydrogen and oxygen. -
First Telegraph
Developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse and other inventors, the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations. -
Hydropower
British–American engineer James Francis developed the first modern water turbine, the Francis turbine, which remains the most widely-used water turbine in the world today. -
Lightbulb
After many experiments, Thomas Edison invented an incandescent light bulb that could be used for about 40 hours without burning out. By 1880 his bulbs could be used for 1200 hours. -
Wind Turbine
The first electricity-generating wind turbine was invented by Charles F. Brush. The turbine's diameter was 17 meters (50 feet), it had 144 rotor blades made of cedar wood, and it generated about 12 kilowatts (kW) of power. -
Tesla Coils
A Tesla coil is an electrical resonant transformer circuit designed by inventor Nikola Tesla . It is used to produce high-voltage, low-current, high frequency alternating-current electricity. -
Geothermal Power Plant
Italian scientist Piero Ginori Conti invented the first geothermal electric power plant in which steam was used to generate the power.
