State and federal governments are encouraging property owners to give windmill a whirl. Backyard windmills are sprouting across New Jersey. The lure: cheap electricity. State and federal governments ...

SOUTH SIOUX CITY | Four years ago, Randy Schlickbernd paid $12,000 for a three-story wind turbine for a corner of his E Street backyard. Since then, his power bills have dropped about $100 a month. "I ...

First, it's chickens in the backyard. Now it's rain barrels under the downspouts. Next it will be windmills in the backyard to recharge the batteries in our electric automobiles. Give us a break. The ...

Melissa, Texas – An orange flag marks where Gary Lisle planned to put up a 33-foot windmill behind his house. But that’s about as far as his green idea got in this Dallas suburb. Denied a building ...

Big changes are coming to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where dowdy old plywood is coming down and the city’s first building-mounted windmills have sprouted on a gleaming new structure. The $25 million ...

People could soon generate their own wind energy with a new type of domestic windmill that plugs straight into the grid. The windmill, which is still at the prototype stage, differs from others ...

The Hamptons loves windmills. There are multiple windmills scattered across the East End—as well as Windmill Lanes, appropriately named after their landmarks. Robert Downey, Jr. even purchased one of ...

SOUTH SIOUX CITY -- Four years ago, Randy Schlickbernd paid $12,000 for a three-story wind turbine to put in a corner of his backyard. Since then, his power bills have dropped about $100 a month. "I ...