Home›Categories›MilestonesCategoriesMilestonesCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextEnergy Atlas. "Milestones." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-energy.interactiveatlas.org/categories/milestones.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextEnergy Atlas. (n.d.). Milestones. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-energy.interactiveatlas.org/categories/milestonesCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{energyatlas-milestones, author = {Energy Atlas}, title = {Milestones}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-energy.interactiveatlas.org/categories/milestones}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingThe turning points of energy history: the first engines, wells and power stations, the nuclear age, the oil shocks, the great accidents, and the agreements now steering the transition.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsContains1973 Oil Crisis, Milestones Well-attested Bell Labs Silicon Solar Cell, Milestones Well-attested Calder Hall Opens, Milestones Well-attested Chernobyl Disaster, Milestones Well-attested Deepwater Horizon Disaster, Milestones Well-attested Drake Well Strikes Oil, Milestones Well-attested Edison Perfects the Incandescent Lamp, Milestones Well-attested Faraday Demonstrates Induction, Milestones Well-attested First Nuclear Chain Reaction, Milestones Well-attested First Nuclear Power to a Grid, Milestones Well-attested First Practical Steam Engine, Milestones Well-attested First Wind-Generated Electricity, Milestones Well-attested Fukushima Daiichi Accident, Milestones Well-attested Great Northeast Blackout, Milestones Well-attested Holborn Viaduct Station Opens, Milestones Well-attested IEA Founded, Milestones Well-attested Kyoto Protocol, Milestones Well-attested Niagara Falls AC Power, Milestones Well-attested OPEC Founded in Baghdad, Milestones Well-attested Paris Agreement, Milestones Well-attested Parsons Invents the Steam Turbine, Milestones Well-attested Pearl Street Station Opens, Milestones Well-attested Spindletop Gusher, Milestones Well-attested Three Mile Island Accident, Milestones Well-attested Volta Invents the Battery, Milestones Well-attested Vulcan Street Plant Lights Appleton, Milestones Well-attested SourcesEnergy and Civilization: A HistoryVaclav Smil, MIT Press, 2017Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year