# Energy Pioneers — 28+ Documented
## The Energy Codex · thecodex.expert/energy/pioneers/
Last verified: April 2026 | Session 13 | 2026-05-03

28+ energy pioneers documented across 8 categories. Electricity/grid: Faraday (1831), Tesla, Edison (1882), Nobel Li-ion trio. Oil: Drake (1859), Rockefeller, Steineke, Hubbert. Coal/steam: Watt (1769), Stephenson (1825). Nuclear: Fermi (1942), Bhabha India, Weinberg, Rickover. Solar: Becquerel (1839), Bell Labs (1954), McMaster First Solar, Li Zhenguo LONGi. Wind: Brush (1888), la Cour, Betz (1919), Tanti Suzlon. Hydro: Armstrong Cragside (1878), Nehru. Geothermal: Ginori Conti (1904), Bronicki ORC.