Kinderdijk is a village in Netherlands, which belongs to the municipal corporation of Nieuw-Lekkerland, in the province South Holland, about 15 km east of Rotterdam. Kinderdijk is located in a polder at the union of the Lek and Noord rivers. In this region, 19 windmills were built in the year 1740 to deplete the polder. These windmills in Kinderdijk are one of the best known and world’s most famous windmills.

These mills drain the excess water from the Alblasserwaard polders, which are located below sea level. The blades of these windmills are very powerful, which serve to transmit the force of the wind on to large paddle wheels that scoop up the water.

These windmills are preserved and maintained by Wereld Erfgoed Kinderdijk foundation. In the year 1997 windmills of Kinderdijk were put on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.

Windmill- Upstairs Room-
This is a room in this windmill, where one can see a video of the mother and her 3 daughters singing their prayers before getting into bed.

Windmill- Kitchen

The kitchen in this windmill is very small but beautifully decorated with all the accessories that are required in the kitchen. Visitors cannot imagine something like this as it provides unique experience.

Biglow Canyon wind farm is situated in Sherman County, Oregon, United States. It is situated approximately 16 kilometers southeast of Rufus, Oregon and about 8 kilometers northeast of Wascon, Oregon. In the Columbia River Gorge, Biglow Canyon wind farm covers 25,000 acres. Orion Energy declared plans to build a 450 megawatt wind farm consisting 225 turbines in 2005 in the Columbia River Gorge. The first 76 turbines were purchased by Portland General Electric in November 2006. The first electricity was generated at Biglow in the middle of October 2007 with ten Vestas V82 wind turbines. In December 2007, the first phase of the wind farm development became operational. In August 2009, the second phase of the wind farm was completed. The completion of the second phase of the project had a generating capacity of 275 MW.

Biglow Canyon wind farm is generating future tax revenues, providing income for local businesses and creating employment besides generating power. The third phase of the Biglow Canyon wind farm project is expected to be completed by late 2010 with total generating capacity of 450 MW.