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200,000 BCE
Fist energy
The first recorded even of energy being used was fire. -
5000 BCE
Wind energy
Wind was used to propell boats along the Nile -
Period: 1000 BCE to
history of energy
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500 BCE
Greeks use passive solar power
The Greeks built their homes and buildings so the sun heats their homes during the winter seasons. -
500
First Windmills
First windmills were developed to grinding grain and water-pumping in Persia. -
Fossil Fuels
Coal became commercially used. Fossil fuels became the primary source of energy for the Industrial Revolution. -
Discovery of electrical energy
Luigi Galvani discovered certain fluids would generate a flow of electrical power when used as a conductor -
Electric Power Distributor
Thomas Edison invents the electric power distrubitor which is the final step in carrying electricity from the transmission system to individual consumers. -
First commercialized battery
First commercialized battery invented by Waldemar Jungner in 1899 -
Nuclear Fission
Physicist Enrico Fermi discovered the energy potential of nuclear fission -
First nuclear power plant
The first nuclear power plant called Chicago-Pile-1 was opened to create atomic bombs
