20th Century
Development in the 20th century might be usefully divided into the periods:
- 1900–1973, when widespread use of individual wind generators competed against fossil fuel plants and centrally-generated electricity
- 1973–onward, when the oil price crisis spurred investigation of non-petroleum energy sources.
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Famous quotes containing the word century:
“There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoléon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)