Wired — Energy current
InventTable — WIRED ERA — Energy current
| Invention | Description | Year | Inventor | Country |
| Hydrogen fuel cell | 1838 | William Robert Grove | UK | |
| Solar cell | photovoltaic cell | 1839 | Edmond Becquerel | France. (66) |
| Francis water turbine | 1849 | James Francis | UK/USA (69) | |
| Lead acid battery | rechargeable | 1859 | Gaston Plante | France |
| Dry cell battery | alkaline battery | 1866 | Georges Leclanche | France |
| Free jet water turbine | 90% efficiency(Pelton wheel) | 1880 | Lester Pelton | USA |
| AC induction motor | 1881 | Nikola Tesla | USA (60) | |
| Electric fan | 1882 | Schuyler Skaats Wheeler | USA | |
| Electric iron | 1882 | Henry W. Seely | USA | |
| Steam turbine | 89% world electricity | 1884 | Charles Parsons | USA (44) |
| AC transformer | 1884 | Karoly Zipernowsky, Otto Blathy, Miksa Deri | Austria/Hungary | |
| Wind turbine | electricity | 1888 | Charles Brush, James Blyth | USA |
| AC electric power | 1888 | Nikola Tesla | USA (12) | |
| Fuse | 1890 | Thomas Alva Edison | USA | |
| Tesla coil | transformer | 1891 | Nikola Tesla | USA |