10 key historical energy events

  • First Steam Engine

    First Steam Engine
    The Steam Engine created by Thomas Savery converts heat energy of steam into mechanical energy
  • Electric Motor

    Electric Motor
    Created by Thomas Davenport the electric motor uses electricity to create mechanical force
  • First Fuel Cell

    First Fuel Cell
    Created by Sir William Robert Grove the fuel cell produces electrical energy by combining hydrogen and oxygen.
  • Electric Telegraph

    Electric Telegraph
    Created by Samuel Morse the electric telegraph sent messages across long distances using wire.
  • Telephone

    Telephone
    Created by Alexander Graham Bell the telephone was the first practical telephone.
  • Light bulb

    Light bulb
    Thomas Eddison patented the incandescent bulb.
  • First Wind Turbine

    First Wind Turbine
    Created by Charles Brush who built the first wind turbine to generate electricity
  • First Solar Power

    First Solar Power
    Created by Henry Becquerel who observed the production of electricity directly from the sun
  • Geothermal Electric Power Plant

    Geothermal Electric Power Plant
    Created by Piero Ginori Conti who created the first geothermal power plant
  • Halogen lamp is created

    Halogen lamp is created
    Created by Elmer Fridrich and Emmet Wiley the halogen lamp was used for filming.