Energy Timeline

By Francisco Sanchez

  • Coal was discovered

    Coal was discovered
    Coal was discovered near Richmond, Virginia

  • Benjamin franklin discovers electricity

    Benjamin franklin discovers electricity

  • first person to drill for oil

    first person to drill for oil

  • This was the first hydroelectric power.

    This was the first hydroelectric power.

  • Electricity replace natural gas

    Electricity replace natural gas

  • The first windmills were developed in Persia for pumping water and grinding grain.

    The first windmills were developed in Persia for pumping water and grinding grain.

  • The first dry steam geothermal power plant was built in Laderello in Tuscany, Italy.

    The first dry steam geothermal power plant was built in Laderello in Tuscany, Italy.

  • This was the first nuclear plant that had the nuclear reactor.

    This was the first nuclear plant that had the nuclear reactor.

  • atomic bomb invented

    atomic bomb invented

  • soalr energy first starting

    soalr energy first starting

  • U.S. residential demand for natural gas grew fifty times.

    U.S. residential demand for natural gas grew fifty times.