| 16 April 2011 Last updated at 14:35 GMT
The wind turbines, which are the first at an airport in the UK, are being lifted into place next to the airport's headquarters. The turbines will generate 5% of the site's electricity when they are completed. The Castle Donington airport is building the turbines in a bid to make its operations carbon neutral by 2012. Planning consent for the turbines, which will save approximately 300 tonnes of carbon emissions each year, was granted in 2008. |
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Work has started on the installation of two 45m (148ft) wind turbines at East Midlands Airport.
