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Locomotives using coal
Coal started to be the main source of energy for locomotives and their railroads started to go to the coal mines. -
Natural Gas in Baltimore
Natural gas is now used in Baltimore to light the street lamps this was mostly produced rather than taken from the Earth. -
Electric Motor
Thomas Davenport invents the electric motor that is still used for many electronic devices in the present. -
Michigan’s Grand Rapids Electric Light and Power Company
This company discovers a way to generate DC electricity, via hydropower and made enough electricity to make 16 lamps light up. -
The 1st Automobile
the rapid production of the automobile made the us switch from Kerosene to gasoline for cars. -
Henry Ford's Model T
Henry Ford makes the model T which can run on ethanol, gas or both. -
Nuclear Fission is Achieved
Enrico Fermi unknowingly caused Nuclear Fission with Uranium and later received the Nobel Prize for Physics as the first person to ever cause Nuclear Fission. -
Utah's 1st Geothermal Power Plant
Utah opens its first commercial geothermal power plant in Roosevelt Hot Springs and can produce up to 20 megawatts of electricity. -
Photovoltaic Energy
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) made a solar cell that convert more than 30% of the energy absorbed to its output. -
Wind Energy in America
The U.S. produces more than 60,000 megawatts because wind turbine fields are now typical scenes in the Midwest, and Northeast.
