Pitch controlled wind turbine with blade connecting members and split blades

A pitch controlled wind turbine comprising:

• a tower,
• a nacelle mounted on the tower,
• a hub mounted rotatably on the nacelle,
• at least three wind turbine blades, wherein each wind turbine blade extends between a root end connected to the hub, and a tip end, the wind turbine further comprising at least three blade connecting members, each blade connecting member extending between a connection point on one wind turbine blade and a connection point on a neighbouring wind turbine blade, where the connection point on a given wind turbine blade is arranged at a distance from the root end and at a distance from the tip end of the wind turbine blade, and
• at least three pre-tension members, wherein each pre-tension member is connected to one of the blade connecting members and to a hub part, each pre-tension member thereby providing pre-tension in the blade connecting member to which it is connected,
• wherein the wind turbine blades each comprises an inboard blade part comprising the root end and an outboard blade part comprising the tip end, the inboard blade part and the outboard blade part being connected to each other at a split position, and
• wherein the split position is arranged between the root end and the connection point, and
• wherein the connection points of the wind turbine blades are arranged at a distance from the root end which is between 20% and 70% of the length of the wind turbine blades from the root end to the tip end.