Historical Energy Events

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  • First Steam Engine

    First Steam Engine
    Invented by Thomas Savery. The steam engine could effectively draw water from flooded mines using steam pressure

  • First Electrical Battery

    First Electrical Battery
    Invented by Alessandro Volta

  • First Electric Light Bulb

    First Electric Light Bulb
    Invented by Humphry Davy

  • Invention of Solar Power

    Invention of Solar Power
    Alexandre Edmond Becquerel discovered the photovoltaic effect which explains how electricity can be generated from sunlight.

  • First Oil Well in the US

    First Oil Well in the US
    George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake made the first successful use of a drilling rig on a well.

  • First Wind Turbine

    First Wind Turbine
    Created by James Blyth

  • First Geothermal Power Plant

    First Geothermal Power Plant
    Prince Piero Ginori Conti tested the first geothermal power generator

  • Completion of the Hoover Dam

    Completion of the Hoover Dam
    Plan devised by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

  • Discovery of Nuclear Fission

    Discovery of Nuclear Fission
    Discovered by German Otto Hahn and his assistant Fritz Strassmann

  • Invention of Photoelectric Cells

    Invention of Photoelectric Cells
    Invented by Bell Labs