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Europeans harness the power of water to turn mills.
No date given. The europeans use rivers to power mills that crushed grains and other materials. Could not fit BC on th date but it is before the chinses coal one. -
The Dutch and their windmills...
No date given. The dutch create multipurpose windmills to due multiple things such as grinding grains. This is a early source of wind energy. -
Englend invents the steam engine.
No date given. The English people invent the steam engine to pump out gases in mines. It was coal powered. -
First Natural gas well in the US is driled.
No date given. In Fredonia , New York William Hart dug a natural gas well in a creek and used it to light a lamp. -
France finds early eco-friendly energy
No date given. A frenchmen by the name of Augustine Mouchot
creates a divice that focus the suns rays and boils water to power turbines. -
First electric plant
The first electric plant is built by Thomas Edison that supplied a square mile area with electricity of course with a price. -
First windmill to generate electricity
No date given. A windmill that can generate electrity is built in Ohio. Its normal wattage capacity was 12 thousend watts. It powered the builder's house. -
First flex fuel vehicle
No date given. Henry ford built a model T that could run on either gasoline or ethanol. -
The hoover dam
The hoover dam is built on the border or Nevada and Arizona . It provided the most electricity in the world ( in hydro-electric terms) until 1948. -
2000 BC : The chinses appear to have some sort of coal...
A missionary travels to China and discovers and reports that the chinese were using a " black stone " that burned well. Also no specific data and could not fit bc in the date area.
