This video is a time lapse taken on Aug. 21 when a 1.5 megawatt wind turbine was installed at NREL's National Wind Technology Center. (There is no sound with this video.)
Generating 20 percent of the nation's electricity from clean wind resources will require more and bigger wind turbines. NREL is installing two large wind turbines at the National Wind Technology Center to examine some of the industry's largest machines and address issues to expand wind energy on a commercial scale.