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Static electricity
Ben Franklin proved that static electricity and lightning were the same. -
Battery
Alessandro Volta invented the electric battery which was named after him "volta". -
Electric Motor
Thomas Davenport invented the electric motor, an invention that is used in most electrical appliances today -
Electric Telegraph
Samuel Morse invented the electric telegraph which helped in the way that people could send messages in long distance. -
Light Bulb
invented an incandescent light bulb. -
Geothermal Electric Power Plant
Italian scientist Piero Ginori Conti invents the first geothermal electric power plant. -
Air condition.
W. Carrier invented the first electrical air condition. -
Photoelectric Cells
photoelectric cells were discovered. -
First fuel cell
Sir William Robert Grove invented the first fuel cell which produces hydrogen and oxygen. -
First wind farm
The first wind farm was established in New Hampshire. -
Solar
The nations first solar thermal plant opened near Daggett, California. -
Environemental Restoration and Waste Management
Energy Secretary created the new office of the Environmental Restoration and Waste Management.