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Ben Franklin Discovers Electricity
[Link text] http://cpwv.org/2010/06/15/benjamin-franklin-flies-a-kite/
Franklin (supposedly) performed his famous kite and key experiment on June 15, 1752 -
First Natural Gas Well in US
[Link text] https://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015#2000-present
First Natural Gas Well in US Is Drilled During most of the 19th century, natural gas was used almost exclusively as a source of light. -
Windmill Becomes Popular Water Pumping Tool
[Link text] https://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015#1800-1899
Western railroad builders were first used the Halladay windmill. -
First Greenhouse from Geothermal Energy
[Link text] https://energy.gov/eere/geothermal/history-geothermal-energy-america
The first commercial greenhouse use of geothermal energy is undertaken in Boise, Idaho. In 1926, a 1000-foot well was drilled in for the operation. -
Hoover Dam
[Link text] http://www.history.com/topics/hoover-dam#
The Hoover Dam was a marvel of engineering. -
The Manhattan Project
[Link text] http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/outline-history-of-nuclear-energy.aspx
The Manhattan project was the first controlled nuclear chain reaction that was dropped on Hiroshima during world war 2, causing Japans surrender.. -
First Commercial Nuclear Power Plant
[Link text] https://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015#2000-present
The country's first commercial generation of nuclear power. -
First Commmercial Geothermal Electric Plants
[Link text] https://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015#1951-1999
First Commercial Scale Geothermal Electric Plants in the US Built in California -
Wind Energy Development
[Link text] https://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015#1951-1999
In 1975 federal Involvement in Wind Energy development advances Wind Energy technology, led by NASA -
Dollars for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Development
[Link text] https://alternativeenergy.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000015#2000-present
President Barack Obama signed the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for renewable energy and energy efficiency development.