Energy

Use of Energy in the U.S.

By anjalimani22
  • Sep 30, 1300

    Coal is Used

    Coal is Used
    Hopi Indians use coal for cooking, heating, and firing pottery.

  • Lighting

    Lighting
    In Baltimore, Maryland the street lights are lit with light made from coal.

  • The Wind Turbine

    The Wind Turbine
    Charles Brush, American, builds first modern automatically operating wind turbine.

  • Gas Fuel

    Gas Fuel
    Alcock and Brown fly a gas fueled powered airplane across he Atlantic Ocean.

  • Nuclear Reactor

    Nuclear Reactor
    The first nuclear reactor begins operation in Richland, Washington.

  • Solar Voltaic Cells

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

  • Plutonium Pellets

    Plutonium Pellets
    The Voyager 2 spacecraft's electricity is generated by the decay of plutonium pellets.

  • Electricity

    Electricity
    Burlington Electric (Vermont) built a 50-megawatt, wood-fired plant with electricity production as the primary purpose. This plant was the first of several built since 1984.

  • Hydrogen Cells

    Hydrogen Cells
    Chicago adds hydrogen cell buses to mass transit.

  • Photovoltaic Cells

    Photovoltaic Cells
    First Solar began production at the Perrysburg, Ohio, photovoltaic manufacturing plant. Each year, it could produce enough solar panels to generate 100 megawatts of power.