Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/s

Carla Hagler

Per Egedal

Thomas Esbensen

Oscar Ramirez Requeson

Samuel H Hawkins

Martin Folmer Andersen

Soeren Trabjerg Brun

Henrik Stensgaard Toft

Muhammad Arsalan Khan

A method of handling a wind turbine is provided including a nacelle coupled via a yawing system to a tower for protection against high wind load, the method including: supplying a control signal to a yawing actuator of the yawing system, while the nacelle is in a first orientation; exerting, by the yawing actuator, a torque to the nacelle relative to the tower, thereby turning the nacelle to a second orientation being a downwind orientation.

Handling a wind turbine in a severe weather condition

A wind turbine, a method and a control system for aligning a nacelle of a wind turbine with a target yaw angle is provided, wherein the control system includes a detection device configured for detecting at least one parameter indicative of wind forces acting on at least one component of the wind turbine for determining a current yaw angle of the nacelle, and an actuation device configured for manipulating a position of the nacelle until the current yaw angle is aligned with the target yaw angle, wherein the detection device includes at least one first bending moment sensor on a first component, wherein the detection device is configured for determining a bending moment of the first component based on data received from the first bending moment sensor as the at least one parameter indicative of wind forces acting on the at least one component of the wind turbine.

Control system for aligning a nacelle of a wind turbine with a target yaw angle

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Carla Hagler