10 Key Historical Energy Events

Energy Events

Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Jan 1, 2000

(http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/time_machine)
(http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=tl_electricity)
(http://energy.gov/eere/geothermal/history-geothermal-energy-america)
(http://energyinformative.org/the-history-of-solar-energy-timeline/)

Lightning

Jun 10, 1752

Ben Franklin flew a kite during a storm with a key attached near the bottom in an attempt to prove that lightning was static electricity,

Electric motor

Jan 1, 1834

The first electric motor was developed by Thomas Davenport

Solar Power

Jan 1, 1839

A french physicist Edmond Becquerel discovered the photovoltaic effect, he discovered the there is voltage created light shines on something.

Electric Telgraph

Jan 24, 1840

1830s-1849s Samuel Morse invented the first electric telegraph

Lightbulb

Jan 1, 1879

Thomas invented the incandescent light bulb and eventually made one that would last over 1500 hours.

Battery

Jan 1, 1880

Alessandro Volta invented the electrical battery

Wind Turbine

Jan 1, 1888

Charles Brush made the first wind turbine, built of a 60ft tower, 56ft rotor, and generated 12kW of electricity.

Air Conditioning

Jan 1, 1902

Willis Carrier invented the very first modern electrical air conditioning unit.

Geothermal Energy

Jan 1, 1904

In Tuscany Italy, Piero Ginori Conti made the first geothermal power plant.

Atomic Energy Act

Aug 1, 1946

President Truman signed the Atomic Energy Act. It gave the Atomic energy commission the responsibility to produce and develop nuclear weapons