Power plant with vertical axis wind turbines
AssigneeEnergypier AG
InventorLaurent JOSPIN
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Abstract
The invention concerns a power plant with vertical axis wind turbines. Said vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) comprise a rotor with rotating blades, mounted on a main shaft (14), said main shaft defining a lower end (14a) and an upper end, the lower end (14a) of the main shaft (14) being attached to a base structure (17), said base structure (17) being anchored through a foundation (124). According to the invention, the power plant further comprises a civil engineering work (20) and a mechanical attachment (18) between the upper end of the main shaft and a portion of the civil engineering work.
Claims31
Power plant comprising:
- at least one vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT), a base structure, and a foundation,
- said wind turbine comprising a rotor with rotor blades mounted thereon, said rotor being mounted on a main shaft, said main shaft defining a lower end and an upper end, the lower end of the main shaft being attached to said base structure, said base structure being anchored through said foundation,
- the power plant further comprising a civil engineering work and a mechanical attachment between the upper end of the main shaft and a portion of said civil engineering work.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.