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Benjamin Franklin discovers with his kite and key that lightining is electricity.
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Baltimore, Maryland becomes the first city to use gas that is produced from coal to power their street lights.
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People start moving towards heating and cooking in their households.
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At Grand Rapids, Michigan the first hydropower plant in the United States is created!
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The first hydroelectric power station was created in Wisconsin by Thomas Edison!
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A liquified natural gas plant is created in West Virginia, and is the first one.
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Pulverised coal fired in powerplants for the first time.
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Oil is found in California at Signal Hill by Shell (the gas company). This location becomes one of the most productive oil field's in U.S. history.
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In the Geysers of California the first Geothermal Plant in the United States is present.
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Solar One, one of the first residences powered by photovoltaic was built by the University of Deleware.
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In Bush's State of Union Address, Bush says that we should use more alternative fuels .
