Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/s

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Aalborg University

Universal Foundation A/s

Johnny Soerensen

Poul Skjaerbaek

Niels Joergen Borch-Jensen

Jesper Moeller

Finn Daugaard Madsen

Jens Thomsen

Arne Kryger

Lars Bo Ibsen

Poul Henrik Kyvsgaard Hansen

Soeren Andreas Langbak Nielsen

Sigurd Villumsen

Nicolai Hallum Steensgaard

Morten Kristiansen

A wind turbine is provided, including multiple wind turbine blades fixed to a rotor hub, a nacelle to which the rotor hub is mounted, and a tower carrying the nacelle, wherein wind turbine components are housed in a housing of the nacelle, wherein a mounting device is provided inside the nacelle, the mounting device providing at least two module receivers, wherein at least two first modules each including at least one of the wind turbine components are each detachably mounted in a respective module receiver, and wherein the housing includes, for each module receiver, a closable access opening.

Wind turbine

A method for connecting a component of a power conversion circuit of a wind turbine to one or more connection device(s) is/are provided, wherein the component is arranged on a supporting structure in the interior of the wind turbine, wherein the connection devices(s) includes/include at least one connector and the component includes at least one counterpart to the connector, comprising: providing the connection device(s) and lifting the component from the supporting structure, arranging the connection device(s) on the supporting structure and aligning the connector of the connection device(s) with respect to the counterpart at the lifted component, and lowering the component onto the supporting structure and thereby establishing a connection between the connector and the counterpart for connecting the component to the connection device(s).

Method for connecting a component of a power conversion circuit of a wind turbine

A system for transporting fluid generated by a wind turbine includes at least one wind turbine for generating electrical power, wherein the wind turbine includes a fluid producing unit configured for generating a fluid by using the generated electrical power, a fluid pipeline system coupled to the wind turbine for transporting the generated fluid, and a pressure control system coupled to the fluid pipeline system for controlling the fluid flow of the fluid in the pipeline system. The pipeline system includes a transporting pipeline and a connection pipeline, wherein the connection pipeline is coupled to the wind turbine and the connection pipeline such that the fluid is transportable from the wind turbine to the transporting pipeline via the connection pipeline.

Wind park with pressure-controlled pipeline system

A transport apparatus for use in the transport of a heavy structure includes a shape-adjustable adapter realized to adjust between an initial shape and a mating shape; and an actuator configured to effect a change in shape of the shape-adjustable adapter into its initial shape to facilitate positioning of the adapter relative to the structure; and to effect a change in shape of the shape-adjustable adapter into its mating shape to engage the shape-adjustable adapter with a surface of the structure. A method of securing a frustoconical structure during transport is further provided.

Transport apparatus

A cage for a monopile of an offshore wind turbine is provided, configured to extend, in an installed state, in a height direction of the monopile, wherein the cage includes one or more supports for holding one or more pipes and/or tubes, and a first inner diameter at a lower portion thereof and a second inner diameter at an upper portion thereof, the second inner diameter) being smaller than the first inner diameter, and wherein the cage is configured to be arranged on the monopile having a conically shaped outer surface tapered in the height direction such that the upper portion of the cage rests at the conically shaped outer surface of the monopile. The cage can be attached by resting it on the conically shaped outer surface of the monopile.

Cage for a monopile of an offshore wind turbine, tower for an offshore wind turbine, offshore wind turbine and method for installing a tower of an offshore wind turbine

A wind turbine includes a generator, a base, a nacelle, a tower having a first end mounted to the base and a second end supporting the nacelle, and an electrolytic unit electrically powered by the generator to produce hydrogen from an input fluid, in particular water, wherein the electrolytic unit is electrically coupled to the generator by an electric connection, wherein the electrolytic unit is housed in a housing, wherein the housing includes a pressure-relief section configured to detach from the housing in the event of an explosion inside the housing or when the pressure inside the housing exceeds a predetermined pressure.

Electrolytic unit housing with pressure-relief area

An offshore arrangement, a connecting device, and a method for providing an electrical offshore connection. An offshore arrangement, in particular offshore wind farm, including a first substation, second substation, a first connecting cable electrically connected to the first substation, a second connecting cable electrically connected to the second substation, and an intermediate cable electrically connecting the first and the second cable, wherein at least one of the first and the second connecting cable is more flexible than the intermediate cable. Thus, by using the less flexible cable, costs for a cable connection between substations may be reduced.

Offshore arrangement, a connecting device, and a method for providing an electrical offshore connection

Provided is a wind turbine including a tower, a tower adapter attached to the tower and a nacelle attached to the tower adapter, whereby the tower adapter houses at least one electrical device of the wind turbine for conditioning or switching power provided by a generator of the wind turbine.

Wind turbine and method for constructing a wind turbine

An offshore wind turbine erected in a body of water includes a generator, a foundation, a nacelle, a tower having a first end mounted to the foundation and a second end supporting the nacelle, an electrolytic unit arranged above a water level and electrically powered by the generator to produce hydrogen from an input fluid, in particular water, and a fluid supply assembly for supplying the input fluid from a fluid inlet arranged below the water level to the electrolytic unit by means of a fluid connection, wherein the fluid supply assembly includes a cleaning unit configured to clean a build-up formed along an area extending through the inner part of at least a part of the fluid connection or formed at the fluid inlet.

Offshore wind turbine with a fluid supply assembly comprising a cleaning unit

A method for installing an offshore installation is provided, the method including: a) providing a pipe for connecting the offshore installation with another offshore installation or an onshore installation; b) arranging an electrical cable inside the pipe; c) determining a level at or above the seabed, wherein the pipe includes a first portion arranged below the determined level and a second portion arranged above the determined level, and wherein the electrical cable is arranged inside the pipe so as to form a gap with an inner wall of the pipe along the first and second portion; d) determining an amount of cooling liquid such that, when the cooling liquid has a first temperature, the cooling liquid fills the gap along the first portion of the pipe, wherein the second portion of the pipe is free of the cooling liquid, and when the cooling liquid cools the electrical cable.

Method for installing an offshore installation

A wind turbine is provided including a generator, an electrolytic unit, a system inlet and a system outlet, wherein the electrolytic unit is electrically powered by the generator to produce hydrogen from an input fluid, in particular water, wherein the hydrogen produced can be taken out of the wind turbine by the system outlet, wherein the wind turbine further includes a safety system controlled by a control unit configured to evacuate the hydrogen out of the wind turbine) by a plurality of gas outlets distributed on a platform of the wind turbine and configured to release the hydrogen to the atmosphere.

Wind turbine with a safety system having a plurality of gas outlets

Provided is a wind turbine, with at least one hollow construction including at least two longitudinal hollow elements each having a connection interface for connecting the elements either by a slip joint connection or by a flange connection especially a tower including at least two hollow tower elements, wherein at least one connector is guided through the slip joint or flange connection from an inner space to the outer of the wind turbine.

Provided is an interface for connecting a cable arranged in a shell to a receiving structure, the interface including: a connector including a connection area for fixing the connector to a cable support of the receiving structure and a transmission area for receiving the cable and the shell, a lower seal, an upper seal, a chamber element configured to coat the cable between the lower seal and the upper seal. Also provided is a hang-off system and a method for connecting a cable arranged in a shell to a receiving structure.

Interface, method and system for connecting electrical elements

Provided is an offshore structure, especially offshore wind turbine, including a platform that is connected to the seabed, especially via a foundation that carries the platform, and an appliance, wherein it comprises guiding means for guiding at least one tube or cable along a guidance path from a respective entry point at which the tube or cable enters the platform to a respective connection point at which the tube or cable is connected or connectable to the appliance.

Offshore structure and method for attaching a tube or cable to an appliance of an offshore structure

Provided is a platform arrangement of a wind turbine, the platform arrangement including a platform and a frame, wherein the platform is destined to be attached to the interior of a tower or a supporting structure of the wind turbine by the frame, and wherein the platform is a standardized component while the frame is specifically adapted to the dimensions of the specific section of the tower or the supporting structure where the platform arrangement is destined to be mounted to. A modularized unit including several such platform arrangements is also provided. Furthermore, an electrical device including such a modularized unit and corresponding electrical equipment a wind turbine generating electricity including such a unit, and a method of mounting electrical equipment for controlling a wind turbine at a wind turbine is provided.

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