A wind turbine blade includes a base member formed of FRP and having a blade shape, an intermediate layer arranged on the base member and formed of metal, cermet, ceramic, or a mixture of at least one thereof and resin as a major constituent, and an erosion-resistant overcoat arranged on the intermediate layer and formed of a spray film having a porosity of 5% or lower.

A wind turbine blade includes a base member formed of FRP and having a blade shape, an intermediate layer arranged on the base member and formed of metal, cermet, ceramic, or a mixture of at least one thereof and resin as a major constituent, and an erosion-resistant overcoat arranged on the intermediate layer and formed of a spray film having a porosity of 5% or lower.

An offshore wind turbine including a tower, a transition piece and a lifting apparatus for operating a lift inside the wind turbine is provided. The tower includes an inner platform at the bottom end of the tower. The transition piece includes a hang-off platform. The lifting apparatus includes a plurality of wires, a plurality of tensioners, one or more brackets attached to the inner platform and movable between at least a first operative configuration in which the plurality of tensioners are attached to the one or more brackets and the lift is movable from the first station at the inner platform towards the upper end of the tower, a second retracted configuration in which one or more brackets allows the lift to move between the first and the second station, the plurality of tensioners being attached to the hang-off platform.

According to some embodiments, a system may include an additive manufacturing platform that provides additive manufacturing capability data. A customer platform, associated with a customer, may transmit an industrial asset item request for an industrial asset item. A digital transaction engine may receive the additive manufacturing capability data and the industrial asset item request. The digital transaction engine may then associate the industrial asset item request with an industrial asset definition file, and, based on the additive manufacturing capability data and the industrial asset definition file, assign the industrial asset item request to the additive manufacturing platform. The assignment of the industrial asset item request may be recorded via a secure, distributed transaction ledger. Responsive to the assignment, the additive manufacturing platform may create the industrial asset item (e.g., via an additive manufacturing printer) and provide the item to the customer.

According to some embodiments, a system may include an additive manufacturing platform that provides additive manufacturing capability data. A customer platform, associated with a customer, may transmit an industrial asset item request for an industrial asset item. A digital transaction engine may receive the additive manufacturing capability data and the industrial asset item request. The digital transaction engine may then associate the industrial asset item request with an industrial asset definition file, and, based on the additive manufacturing capability data and the industrial asset definition file, assign the industrial asset item request to the additive manufacturing platform. The assignment of the industrial asset item request may be recorded via a secure, distributed transaction ledger. Responsive to the assignment, the additive manufacturing platform may create the industrial asset item (e.g., via an additive manufacturing printer) and provide the item to the customer.

A wind turbine blade includes a base member formed of FRP and having a blade shape, an intermediate layer arranged on the base member and formed of metal, cermet, ceramic, or a mixture of at least one thereof and resin as a major constituent, and an erosion-resistant overcoat arranged on the intermediate layer and formed of a spray film having a porosity of 5% or lower.

A wind turbine blade includes a base member formed of FRP and having a blade shape, an intermediate layer arranged on the base member and formed of metal, cermet, ceramic, or a mixture of at least one thereof and resin as a major constituent, and an erosion-resistant overcoat arranged on the intermediate layer and formed of a spray film having a porosity of 5% or lower.

A generator for a direct driven wind turbine configured to convert kinetic energy of a main shaft of the wind turbine into electrical energy. The generator includes a generator rotor connectable to the main shaft of the wind turbine and a generator stator, the generator includes a generator housing on which the generator stator is arranged. The generator housing includes a front side facing towards a rotor head of the wind turbine in an installed state of the generator and a rear side facing away from the rotor head in the installed state of the generator. The generator includes at least one front generator bearing arranged at the front of the generator housing and a rear generator bearing arranged at the rear of the generator housing.

A generator for a direct driven wind turbine configured to convert kinetic energy of a main shaft of the wind turbine into electrical energy. The generator includes a generator rotor connectable to the main shaft of the wind turbine and a generator stator, the generator includes a generator housing on which the generator stator is arranged. The generator housing includes a front side facing towards a rotor head of the wind turbine in an installed state of the generator and a rear side facing away from the rotor head in the installed state of the generator. The generator includes at least one front generator bearing arranged at the front of the generator housing and a rear generator bearing arranged at the rear of the generator housing.

Aspects of the present invention relate to a method for determining annual energy production of a wind farm. The method comprises: receiving a definition of the wind farm; modelling the wind field of the wind farm for a plurality of freestream wind speeds in a plurality of wind directions; defining locations for virtual measurement masts upstream of upstream turbines in each wind direction at a clearance from each upstream turbine for identifying wind farm blockage effects; determining a wind farm blockage factor for each freestream wind speed in each wind direction based on data from the virtual measurement masts; receiving measurements from a physical measurement mast located at the site of the wind farm; and determining an annual energy production for the wind farm based on adjusted wind speeds obtained by applying the blockage factors to measurements from the physical measurement mast.