General Electric Company

General Electric Renovables Espana, S.l.

Nikolina Kourteva Kristeva

Norman Arnold Turnquist

Biao Fang

Darren John Danielsen

James Henry Madge

Gregory Edward Cooper

Pranav Agarwal

Todd DarVel Andersen

Samuel Bryan Shartzer

Bernard P Landa

Pascal Meyer

Ingo Paura

Collin McKee Sheppard

Srikrishna Mantravadi

A wind turbine system includes a wind turbine generator having a rotor and a nacelle mounted atop a tower structure. The tower structure is mounted to a foundation structure and includes a plurality of tower sections, each including one or more tower section flanges. The wind turbine system further includes one or more connector rings. Each of the one or more connector rings is disposed proximate two adjacent tower section flanges and includes a plurality of pad eye adaptors each having an opening formed therein. The wind turbine system further includes a plurality of tensioned cables, with each coupled to one of the pad eye adaptors at a first end and the foundation structure at a second end. The plurality of tensioned cables are coupled to the tower structure at different or multiple connector ring heights based on site conditions to yield the desired lateral stability.

System and method for stabilizing a wind turbine

A method for controlling loads of a wind turbine includes receiving sensor signals from one or more sensors being indicative of a movement of a nacelle of the wind turbine from a reference point. More particularly, the movement corresponds, at least, to a tilt and/or a displacement of the wind turbine tower and/or nacelle. The method also includes generating a deflection profile of the tower along its overall length from a bottom end to a top end thereof based on the sensor signals. Further, the method includes determining at least one of a thrust or a tower load of the wind turbine from the deflection profile. In addition, the method includes implementing a control action for the wind turbine based on the thrust and/or the tower load.

System and method for controlling thrust and/or tower loads of a wind turbine

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