Wind turbine tower made of prefabricated concrete parts in the shape of annular segments

A tower for a wind turbine comprising:

• at least one tower section having a plurality of annular concrete segments that define a central axis that is vertical, each annular concrete segment including at least two prefabricated concrete parts, each prefabricated concrete part having an outer side, an inner side, an upper contact face, a lower contact face, two lateral contact faces, and a center area between the two lateral contact faces, each prefabricated concrete part having a reinforcing element located only in the center area and embedded within the prefabricated concrete part, the annular concrete segments arranged in a vertical stack with a horizontal joint located between respective upper contact faces of the prefabricated concrete parts within one annular concrete segment and respective lower contact faces of the prefabricated concrete parts within an adjacent annular concrete segment, the prefabricated concrete parts within each annular concrete segment arranged with a vertical joint between the lateral contact faces of each adjacent pair of prefabricated concrete parts, each of the vertical joints within a given annular concrete segment being offset circumferentially relative to the central axis from the vertical joints within adjacent annular concrete segments so that the reinforcing element of each prefabricated concrete part in an annular concrete segment underlying another annular concrete segment underlies a vertical joint within the another annular concrete segment, the annular concrete segments being joined together in a direction along the central axis only by vertical clamping devices that create a load-bearing friction connection between the annular concrete segments.