The Nautilus Institute hopes to turn North Korea onto wind power instead of nuclear power RELATED VIDEO CNN's Natalie Pawelski reports on an unusual experiment in North Korea Windows Media 28K 56K

UNHARI VILLAGE, North Korea (CNN) -- An American think tank is generating a new way of thinking about humanitarian aid to North Korea by building windmills in the country.

A rural wind farm, a project of the U.S.-based Nautilus Institute, so far powers a kindergarten, a medical clinic and 20 homes in a village where electric power is unreliable.

Reporter Natalie Pawelski has more on the story.