A wind turbine for deployment offshore. The wind turbine including: a tower-float assembly having a tower (3) for supporting a nacelle (13a) and a rotor (13b), and a float (5) arranged to maintain at least part of the tower above a surface of a body of water; a keel assembly (7) including at least one keel module (25) and at least one rod (9) connecting the keel module to the tower-float assembly, wherein the at least one rod is arranged to move relative to the tower-float assembly to deploy the keel module, and the keel module is movable relative to the tower-float assembly, in response to movement of the at least one rod, between a non-deployed position proximal the tower-float assembly and a deployed position which is distal from the tower-float assembly in a downwardly direction, thereby increasing an effective length of the wind turbine; and the at least one rod is arranged to transfer bending moments to the tower-float assembly.


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    Title :

    Wind turbine and method for installing a wind turbine


    Contributors:
    ROSS GARY (author)

    Publication date :

    2021-01-21


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / F03D Windkraftmaschinen , WIND MOTORS



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