New York State is harvesting wind power.The windmills at the Maple Ridge Wind Farm, in Lowville, New York, generate enough electricity to power 160,000 homes for a day. Maple Ridge's 195 turbine towers are 260 feet tall. The blades rotate 14 times a minute.
POPULATION: 19,254,630
LAND AREA: 47,224 square miles
CAPITAL: Albany
LARGEST CITY: New York
NICKNAME: The Empire State
MOTTO: Excelsior (Latin for "ever upward")