Top Ten Key Moments in Energy Use

By ben_jive_Mitchell

  • Ben Franklin's Electrical Discovery

    Ben Franklin's Electrical Discovery
    Benjamin Franklin discovers that lightening strikes carry energy by tying a key to the end of a kite.

  • The Electric Motor

    The Electric Motor
    British scientist William Sturgeon creates the first electric commutator motor capable of turning machinery

  • First Gas Battery

    First Gas Battery
    The first Gas Battery (fuel cell) is created by William Robert Grove

  • Birth of Solar Power

    Birth of Solar Power
    Alexander Edmond Becquerel discovers solar potential

  • First Light Bulb

    First Light Bulb
    Thomas Edison creates the first light bulb

  • Hydroelectric Dams

    Hydroelectric Dams
    The first hydroelectric dam began being constructed in 1882

  • First Wind Turbine

    First Wind Turbine
    The first wind turbine was created by Charles F. Brush

  • The term Fuel Cell is coined

    The term Fuel Cell is coined
    Charles Langer and Ludwig Mond come up with the term Fuel Cell

  • Time to get Nuclear

    Time to get Nuclear
    Two German scientists, Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman discover the ability to split the nucleus of a Uranium atom by bombarding it with neutrons. This is called fission.

  • Tesla Car Company Forms

    Tesla Car Company Forms
    In 2003 Tesla begins manufacturing electric cars that can compete and outwork gas powered vehicles.