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The first power station
The station consisted of 24 dynamo electric generators which were driven by a steam engine. -
first public power station
The first public power station was the Edison Electric Light Station, built in London. A Babcock and Wilcox boiler powered a 125 horsepower steam engine that drove a 27 ton generator called Jumbo, after the celebrated elephant. -
The World's First Hydroelectric Power Plant
The world's first hydroelectric power plant began operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin. The plant, later named the Appleton Edison Light Company, was initiated by Appleton paper manufacturer H.J. Rogers, who had been inspired by Thomas Edison's plans for an electricity-producing station in New York. -
first electricity-generating wind turbine
Scottish academic James Blyth to light his holiday home in Marykirk, Scotland. Some months later American inventor Charles F Brush built the first automatically operated wind turbine for electricity production in Cleveland, Ohio. Although Blyth's turbine was considered uneconomical in the United Kingdom electricity generation by wind turbines was more cost effective in countries with widely scattered populations. -
First nuclear insadent.
A partial meltdown of a reactor's uranium core at the Chalk River plant near Ottawa, Canada, resulted after the accidental removal of four control rods. Although millions of gallons of radioactive water poured into the reactor, there were no injuries. -
First Nuclear power plant for the power grid
Obninsk remained the only nuclear power reactor in the Soviet Union; the power plant remained active until April 29, 2002 when it was finally shut down. The single reactor unit at the plant AM-1 had a total electrical capacity of 6 MW and a net capacity of around 5 MWe. Thermal output was 30 MW. -
First nuclear incedent in america.
3 mile island over heats and cracks the containment rods and leaks radioactive water and steam. -
Chernobyl disaster.
A power surge during a test procedure resulted in a criticality accident, leading to a powerful steam explosion and fire that released a significant fraction of core material into the environment, resulting in a death toll of 56 as well as estimated 4,000 additional cancer fatalities. -
Fukushima disaster
Earthquake aqqured and sent the power plant into shut dowm. The tsunami that falowed knocked out all power. The vital temp and pressure couldent be monitered. Two workers are kill in the tsunami. Pressure gets to high and the number 1 reacter explodes -
Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity 22,500 MW. As well as producing electricity, the dam is intended to increase the Yangtze River's shipping capacity and reduce the potential for floods downstream by providing flood storage space.
