Electricity travels extremely fast at over 186,000 miles per second. A static spark can measure up to 3,000 volts of power while a large natural gas plant from 1882 can power over 220,000 homes. The first power sources in the US included windmills in 1854 and the earliest geothermal station was built in Italy in 1911.
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8. Electricity travels at the speed of light - more than 186,000
miles per second
A spark of static electricity can measure up to three thousand
(3,000) volts.
A 600 megawatt natural gas plant can power 220,000 homes
The first power plant - owned by Thomas Edison - opened in
New York City in 1882.
 The first windmill manufactured in the United States was
designed by Daniel Halladay, who began
inventing windmills in 1854
he world's first Geothermal power station was built in 1911 in
Larderello, in Southern Tuscany, Italy.