The present invention describes a floating yawing spar buoy current/tidal turbine. The spar includes a spreader above the rotor(s) with the spreader tips connected to fore and aft cable yokes that transition to opposing mooring lines connected to anchors on the seabed. The spreader comprises a yaw motor, which drives gears that engage with a ring gear fixed to the outer perimeter of the spar.
FLOATING, YAWING SPAR CURRENT/TIDAL TURBINE
SCHWIMMENDE STRÖMUNGS-/GEZEITENTURBINE MIT GIERENDEM HOLM
TURBINE MARÉMOTRICE/À COURANTS À BOUÉE À ESPAR D'ORIENTATION DU TYPE FLOTTANT
2021-02-24
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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