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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/s, Brande, DK;
Kenneth Traelle Hoerning, Herning, DK;
Anders Erbo R. Jensen, Vejle, DK;
Henrik Abild Jensen, Viborg, DK;
SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S, Brande, DK;
Abstract
Provided is a direct drive wind turbine that includes: a hub, at least one blade fixed to the hub, a nacelle on which the hub is rotatably mounted for rotating about a rotational axis, the nacelle including an electrical generator connected to the hub in order to receive rotational energy from the hub, a tower on which the nacelle is mounted, and a lightning protection arrangement including a plurality of protection conductors extending between the at least one blade and the tower, the plurality of protection conductors including at least a first protection conductor mounted on an external surface of the electrical generator.