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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Mhi Vestas Offshore Wind A/s, Aarhus N, DK;
Tomohiro Numajiri, Tokyo, JP;
MHI VESTAS OFFSHORE WIND A/S, Aarhus N, DK;
Abstract
A floating-body type wind turbine power generating apparatus includes a floating body floating on a water surface; and a wind turbine disposed on the floating body and configured so that at least a part of the wind turbine is submersible. The wind turbine includes: at least one blade; a hub to which the blade is mounted; a tower erected on the floating body; a nacelle disposed on the tower; a first electrical device disposed inside the hub or the nacelle; and a second electrical device connected to the first electrical device via a cable and configured to be movable relative to the tower in a vertical direction so as not be submerged upon submergence of the wind turbine.