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Sir William Robert Grove developed the first fuel cell, a device that produces electrical energy with a combination of hydrogen and oxygen.
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It was the western Railroad builders who first used the windmill. It represented intermediate technlogy at its best.
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Augustine Mouchot worried about the possibility of fossil fuels, such as coal, running out,and developed a solar powered steam generation system to drive industrial machinery.
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after the American Civil War, the petroleum industry made technological advances that allowed it to thrive as society's major source of energy and lubrication during the twentieth century.
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Charles F. Brush develops the world's first windmill that can generate electricity.
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John D. Grant drilled a geothermal well and ran a small direct-current generator and used it to provide electricity for lighting.
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The Hoover Dam was the largest hydroelectric producer in the world. The dam remained the largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world until 1948.
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A nuclear reactor produced useful electricity for the first time.
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The first large-scale nuclear power plant in the world had began operating in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, exactly 15 years after Enrico Fermi demonstrated the first sustained nuclear reaction.
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The US government worked hard to advance Wind energy atthis time. A total of 13 experimental wind turbines were put into operation including four major wind turbine designs.
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He explained how the US is facing an imminent energy shortage and arguing that the country must make changes in the way it uses energy.
