Energy in the United States

By dlcohen

  • Commercial coal mining starts

    Commercial coal mining starts
    Very important for energy

  • Richard Trevithick invents the steam locomotive (train)

    Richard Trevithick invents the steam locomotive (train)

  • First natural gas well drilled in Fredonia, New York

    First natural gas well drilled in Fredonia, New York

  • Coal used to generate electricity

    Coal used to generate electricity

  • Charles Brush, American, builds first modern automatically operating wind turbine

    Charles Brush, American, builds first modern automatically operating wind turbine

  • First natural gas pipeline built. 120 miles long, from Indiana to Chicago

    First natural gas pipeline built. 120 miles long, from Indiana to Chicago

  • The first geothermal powerplant is built in Laderello, Italy

    The first geothermal powerplant is built in Laderello, Italy

  • D.M. Chaplin, C.S. Fuller, and G.L. Pearson invent solar voltaic cells

    D.M. Chaplin, C.S. Fuller, and G.L. Pearson invent solar voltaic cells

  • Chicago adds hydrogen cell buses to mass transit

    Chicago adds hydrogen cell buses to mass transit

  • President Bush approves an energy policy that looks at nuclear energy as a significant part of America's energy

    President Bush approves an energy policy that looks at nuclear energy as a significant part of America's energy