General Electric Company

Peter Stuart

Joseph Daniel Liles

Douglas C Klein

The present disclosure is directed to a system for transporting or storing one or more tower sections of a tower of a wind turbine. The system includes at least one pair of cradle elements having a first cradle element configured to support a lower portion of the tower section and a second cradle element configured to support an upper portion of the tower section. The first and second cradle elements are securable to a flange of one of the tower sections and are also reversible in that a first side of the first and second cradle elements is configured to accommodate a tower section having a first diameter and an opposite, second side of the first and second cradle elements is configured to accommodate a tower section having a different, second diameter. The system also includes a pair of support members coupled to each of the first and second cradle elements.

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Conroe, TX, United States of America

Peter Stuart