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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
May. 03, 2021
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/s, Brande, DK;
Michael Nauheimer, Aalborg, DK;
Sri Markandeya Rajesh Ponnada, Boucherville, CA;
SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S, Brande, DK;
Abstract
A wind turbine blade for a wind turbine is provided, the wind turbine blade having a tip portion and a root portion, and the wind turbine blade including a shell and a spar, the spar including two spar caps connected to one another by at least one spar web of the spar and extending in a longitudinal direction of the wind turbine blade, whereby at least one of the two spar caps is configured as a main down conductor of a lightning protection system of the wind turbine blade, the at least one main down conductor including an electrically conductive fiber-reinforced plastic being electroconductively connected to at least one electrical interface of the lightning protection system. Also provided is a wind turbine including such a wind turbine blade.