ENERGY SOURCES

200,000 BC
FIRE
USED

 Records of the first

controlled uses of fire for
warmth and cooking.
 500 BC
SOLAR POWER

 Passive solar energy used
in Greek homes.
 200 BC
COAL MINING

 Coal mining starts in China.

It became important in the
Industrial Revolution of the
19th and 20th centuries,
when it was primarily used
to power steam engines,
heat buildings and generate
electricity.
 644 AD
FIRST WINDMILL

 The first windmill, with a

vertical axis, is recorded in
Iran. Made of natural clay,
straw, and wood,
the windmills have been
milling grain for flour.
 1100
WIND POWER

 Windmills are introduced in

Europe.
 1690
COAL REPLACES WOOD

 Widespread use of coal

begins in Europe due to
wood depletion.
 1700
GEOTHERMAL POWER

 Māori use geothermal hot
water and coal for cooking
and heating.
 1848
COAL DISCOVERED IN NEW ZEALAND

 New Zealand coal is

discovered by Thomas
Brunner on the West
Coast of the South Island.
 1859
FIRST US OIL WELL

 First oil well in America is

drilled in Pennsylvania.
 1868
FIRST SOLAR POWER PLANT

 First modern solar
power plant in Algiers
used to heat water to
drive a steam engine.
 1885
PETROL POWERED CAR

 Karl Benz develops the

first working motorcar
powered by petrol.
 1892
FIRST HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION IN NEW
ZEALAND

 First
hydroelectric power station
in New Zealand is built at
Mokopeka.
 1939
NUCLEAR POWER

 Otto Hahn, in Germany,

discovers the process
of nuclear fission for energy.
Present Energy Sources
 Biomass.
 Fossil Fuels.
 Geothermal Energy.
 Hydroelectricity.
 Solar Energy.
 Tidal Energy.
 Wind Energy.