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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2023
Subsea 7 Limited, Sutton, GB;
Dominic Pliszka, Aberdeen, GB;
SUBSEA 7 LIMITED, Sutton, GB;
Abstract
A support system arranged to support equipment such as electrolysers externally on a wind turbine. A hub encircling or coextensive with a tower or transition piece of the wind turbine surrounds a central vertical axis. The hub defines at least one docking bay having mounting formations to which a support module can be releasably engaged, thereby providing an equipment platform cantilevered from the hub. Where the hub comprises a plurality of docking bays spaced apart angularly around the central axis, a corresponding plurality of support modules are engageable with the hub in a petaloid arrangement. In plan view, the docking bays correspond with respective sides of a polygon. On installation, each support module is suspended on hook formations of a docking bay and is then pivoted into engagement with other mounting formations of the docking bay. The hub can be assembled from sections around the tower in a retrofitting operation.