Jeppe Blak-Nielsen has his own very specific reason for appreciating windmills: "Whenever the turbines at Middel-grunden are running," the Copenhagen yachtsman says, "I know the wind is perfect for sailing." More
Each of the four Burbank brothers has laid claim to his own windmill.Cardoni
Bill MooreCardoni
A windmill in motion.Cardoni
It's not a giant snowbank -- it's one of three 130-foot-long blades from a turbine at the Maple Ridge Wind Farm in upstate New York.Cardoni
Madison County dairy farmer Carl Stone, who sold Bill Burke on the idea of wind power.Cardoni
Bill Burke, with one of the giant turbines.Cardoni
Martinsburg town supervisor Terry ThisseCardoni
Each of Maple Ridge's 195 turbines sends 1.65 megawatts to the New York electricity grid via the Niagara Mowhawk Adirondack line.Cardoni