Subcategories - Energy, Fuel, Power Sources

  1. Mexico Controls Huge Leak in Offshore Oil Well
  2. Norway Begins First Reactor to Use Wave Energy
  3. Offshore Oil Well Blows near Santa Barbara, California
  4. An Offshore Oil Well Blows Out Near Santa Barbara, California
  5. Oil Is Discovered in Venezuela
  6. Oil Tankers Collide near Tobago
  7. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Meets for the First Time
  8. Pennzoil Sues Texaco for Interfering in Getty Oil Deal
  9. Power Failure Blacks Out New York City and the Northeast
  10. Public Utilities Regulatory Act Promotes Renewable Energy
  11. Researchers Develop an Integrated Solar Energy System
  12. Researchers Generate Nuclear Energy on Tabletop
  13. Richard Trevithick
  14. Rudolf Diesel
  15. Scenic Hudson Case Stops Storm King Power Plant
  16. Solar One, the Prototype Power Tower, Begins Operation
  17. A Soviet Power Plant Begins an Era of Nuclear Energy
  18. The Soviet Union Opens a Tidal Power Station
  19. Soviets Begin Construction of Siberian Gas Pipeline
  20. The St. Lawrence Seaway Is Completed
  21. Sun Day Celebration Promotes Solar Energy
  22. Supertankers Begin Transporting Oil
  23. A Tank Collapse Releases Fuel into the Monongahela River
  24. The Teapot Dome Scandal Prompts Reforms in the Oil Industry
  25. The Three Mile Island Accident Prompts Nuclear Industry Reforms
  26. The Three Mile Island Accident Prompts Reforms in Nuclear Power
  27. The Torrey Canyon Runs Aground
  28. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Opens
  29. The U.S. Supreme Court Decides to Break Up Standard Oil
  30. The United States Funds Solar Energy Research
  31. The United States Opens the First Commercial Nuclear Power Plant
  32. The United States Plans to Cut Dependence on Foreign Oil
  33. Work Begins on the Grand Coulee Dam
  34. The World’s First Breeder Reactor Produces Electricity While Generating New Fuel
  35. The World’s First Nuclear Reactor Is Activated