Ten Historical Energy Events

By samanthalehman

  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin
    invented the lightening rod, showing that lightning was electricity.

  • Alessandro Volta

    Alessandro Volta
    invented the first electric battery.

  • Michael Faraday

    Michael Faraday
    invented the first electric motor.

  • Edison Electric Light Company

    Edison Electric Light Company
    was founded.

  • First hydroelectric power station opened

    First hydroelectric power station opened
    in Appleton, Wisconsin.

  • First US station to only burn pulverized coal

    First US station to only burn pulverized coal
    is opened.

  • The Hoover Dam

    The Hoover Dam
    starts to be built.

  • First nuclear power plant

    First nuclear power plant
    is opened in Russia.

  • First American wind farm

    First American wind farm
    is opened.

  • First tidal power plant

    First tidal power plant
    is opened in Canada.