1.

1878, the world's first scheme was developed at Cragside in Northumberland, England,

by William Armstrong. It was used to power a single arc lamp in his art gallery.[9] The
old Schoelkopf Power Station No. 1, US, near Niagara Falls, began to produce electricity
in 1881. By 1920, when 40% of the power produced in the United States. As the power
stations became larger, their associated dams developed additional purposes,
including flood control, irrigation and navigation. Federal funding became necessary for
large-scale development, and federally owned corporations, such as the Tennessee
Valley Authority (1933) and the Bonneville Power Administration (1937) were created.

2. The first known patent in 1799, filed in Paris by Girard and his son.[20] An early device was
constructed around 1910 by Bochaux-Praceique to power his house in Royan, France. Was
pioneered by Masuda’s 1940s experiments.[23] He tested various concepts, constructing
hundreds of units used to power navigation lights. Among these was the concept of extracting
power from the angular motion at the joints of an articulated raft, which Masuda proposed in
the 1950s.