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10 historical energy evetns
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First steam engine
Developed in England to Pump Water Out of Coal Mines -
First Hydrogen Fuel Cell
Developed to Generate Electricity -
First Solar Power System
Developed in France to Produce Steam to Drive Machinery -
Petroleum becomes a mjor energy source
John D. Rockefeller Forms Standard Oil and Develops Petroleum as a Major Energy Source in the US -
First Windmill to Generate Electricity
Developed in Cleveland, Ohio by Charles F. Brush -
First Diesel Engine to Run on Vegetable Oil
Demonstrated at World's Fair in Paris for the first time by Rudolph Diesel. -
First Commercial Wind Turbines
Sold to Generate Electricity on Remote Farms -
Hoover Dam
The World's Largest Hydroelectric Power Plant, Is Built -
First Nuclear Power Reactor
Generates/d Electricity, Built in Idaho -
Commercial Scale Geothermal Electric Plant
First one built in the US. Built in California