But to the Dutch the windmills represent much more than a colorful sight. The windmill has helped to feed them, house them, keep them warm, and it has reclaimed thousands of acres of rich land ...

The Dutch now have a capacity of 2,237 megawatts from wind - far short of its 12,000 megawatt national target for 2020. The 86 turbines are to be erected in three rows, 38 on land and 48 off shore.

The Kinderdijk windmills are must-see sights for tourists. They're also functioning windmills that are helping to keep Holland above water.

Holland officials and the sellers inked a deal in 1964, making De Zwaan the last authentic Dutch windmill to leave the country. Millwright Jan Diederik Medendorp was tasked with carefully ...

The windmills at Kinderdijk were built in the mid-1700s as a way to clear water from the low-lying landscape of the western Netherlands.Sometime in the 1950s, the millers and water board members ...

To the dismay of townspeople, her view may soon be obscured by some of the world's tallest wind turbines. On an outcrop near this town's lighthouse, a woman in stone perpetually scans the horizon ...