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First Commercial Coal Production in US begins in Richmond, Virginia
In 1701 coal was found by settlers on the James river, by 1736 several coal mines were shown, leading to the first coal production in the US -
First Natural Gas well in US is drilled
After noticing gas bubbles rising to the surface of a creek in fredonia, New York, William Hart dug a will, finding natural gas. Because of this Hart is regarded as the "Father of natural Gas" -
John D. Rockefeller formed standard oil, and develops petroleum as a major energy source
Dues to Rockefeller's efforts and developments, petroleum became the primary energy in the US -
Birth of the modern oil industry
"Black Gold" erupted from a hill in southeastern texas, causing the price of oil to drop from $2 to $0.03 per barrel -
The World's first flex fuel vehicle, the Ford Model-T
henry ford designed the first vehicle that could run on either ethanol or gasoline, the Ford Model-T -
Hoover Dam, the World's largest Hydroelectric Power Plant is built.
The Hoover Dam is completed on the Colorado river in Arizona in 1935, making it the largest Hydroelectric producer in the world until 1948 -
First controlled nuclear chain reaction
As the US went into war physicist Enrico Fermi came to understand the uranium atom split that would release enormous amounts of energy. This revelation led to the creation of the Manhattan Project -
First commercial scale geothermal electric plant is the US is built in California
The first Geothermal power plant in the US was built in the geysers dry steam field, and is still the largest producing Geothermal field in the world -
US begins importing more Petroleum than it produces
For the first time in History, the US imports more Petroleum than it produces -
President Obama announces clean power plan, Imposing the first nationwide limits on Carbon Dioxide emissions from power plants
This mandate puts limits on power plant carbon emissions. The plan will force the utility industry to shift toward cleaner burning energy sources
