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  • Benjamin Franklin's Famous Experiment

    Benjamin Franklin's Famous Experiment
    may possibly have conducted his famous kite experiment in Philadelphia, successfully extracting sparks from a cloud.

  • First Electric Motor

    First Electric Motor
    Michael Farady creates the first electric motor.

  • The World's First Hydroelectric Power Scheme

    The World's First Hydroelectric Power Scheme
    In 1878 the world's first hydroelectric power scheme was developed at Cragside in Northumberland, England by William George Armstrong. It was used to power a single light bulb in his art gallery.

  • First Power Station to Use Coal

    First Power Station to Use Coal
    The first power station to use coal was invented by Thomas Edison, it was in New York City,

  • The First Electricity Generating Wind Turbine

    The First Electricity Generating Wind Turbine
    was a battery charging machine installed in July 1887 by Scottish academic James Blyth to light his holiday home in Marykirk, Scotland.

  • The First Geothermal Power Generator

    The First Geothermal Power Generator
    Prince Piero Ginori Conti tested the first geothermal power generator on 4 July 1904, at the Larderello dry steam field in Italy. It was a small generator that lit four light bulbs. Later, in 1911, the world's first geothermal power plant was built there.

  • The First Liquefied Natural Gas Plant

    The First Liquefied Natural Gas Plant
    The first liquefied natural gas plant opens in West Virginia

  • The First Megawatt-class Wind Turbine

    The First Megawatt-class Wind Turbine
    In the fall of 1941, the first megawatt-class wind turbine was synchronized to a utility grid in Vermont. The Smith-Putnam wind turbine only ran for 1,100 hours before suffering a critical failure. The unit was not repaired because of shortage of materials during the war.

  • Invention of Photovoltaic Cells

    Invention of Photovoltaic Cells
    Researchers invent the first photovoltaic cells. These solar cells convert energy from the sun into electricity. They are first used by the space program to power satellites.

  • The First Mass-produced Electric Car

    The First Mass-produced Electric Car
    The General Motors EV1 was an electric car produced and leased by the General Motors Corporation from 1996 to 1999.[1] It was the first mass-produced and purpose-designed electric vehicle of the modern era from a major automaker, and the first GM car designed to be an electric vehicle from the outset.