The Portsmouth Wind Turbine generator was featured on CNN this morning — here's the clip.

Portsmouth Economic Development Committee Chair Rich Talipsky provided this update on the testing in an e-mail to local media this afternoon:

The WTG is going though a series of manufacturer acceptance tests. It consists of a number of 10 minute runs followed by data review. When the manufacturer is satisfied with operation, they must run the WTG in automatic mode for a minimum of 12 hours without problem as the final test before they present it to the Town for documentation review, inspection and acceptance. So, you will see the WTG running today for 10 minute periods with periods of shutdown and then it will be in its 12 hour acceptance run. The 12-hour acceptance run is expected to start late today (Wednesday ) or tomorrow (Thursday).