Key Events in U.S. Energy

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  • The Nature of Electricity

    The Nature of Electricity
    Benjamin Franklin proved that static electricity and lightning were the same.

  • The Battery

    The Battery
    Alessandro Volta invents the electric battery.

  • First Electrical Motor

    First Electrical Motor
    Micheal Faraday invents the first electric motor.

  • Electric Relay

    Electric Relay
    Joseph Henry invents the first electrical relay.

  • The Telegraph

    The Telegraph
    Samuel Morse invents the first telegraph

  • The Lightbublb

    The Lightbublb
    Thomas Edison invents the incandescent lightbulb.

  • The Electrical Turbine

    The Electrical Turbine
    James Blyth invents the first electrical turbine.

  • Wind Turbine

    Wind Turbine
    Charles Brush invents the first wind turbine.

  • Power from the Sun

    Power from the Sun
    Alexandre Becquerel discovers that the sun produces electric energy.

  • Power from the Earth

    Power from the Earth
    Piero Ginori Conti invents the first geo-thermal power plant.