A novel rotation vibration damper and to vibration absorbers having the damper for wind turbines or other high and, relative to the height thereof, narrow installations or buildings. The disclosure particularly relates to vibration absorbers comprising at least one oscillating mass on a pendulum cable or pendulum rod, wherein the mass is caused to vibrate by an excitation frequency which can be damped by a rotation damper and, in particular, a rotating eddy current magnet damper which forms part of the absorber.

Provided herein is a spar cap having a profile for guiding and receiving a shear web for wind turbine blade. Particularly, the present disclosure provides a pultruded spar cap having a bond gap feature to maintain a uniform space for distribution of bonding paste between the spar cap and shear web. Also, the spar cap is formed with locating features which guide and receive placement of the shear web.

Provided herein is a spar cap having a profile for guiding and receiving a shear web for wind turbine blade. Particularly, the present disclosure provides a pultruded spar cap having a bond gap feature to maintain a uniform space for distribution of bonding paste between the spar cap and shear web. Also, the spar cap is formed with locating features which guide and receive placement of the shear web.

An assembly and method are provided for preventing exposure of personnel to an opening defined by a surface of a wind turbine. Accordingly, a hatch assembly is arranged adjacent to the opening. The hatch assembly includes a frame structure and a support structure. The frame structure includes a plurality of frame members arranged together to at least partially surrounded opening the plurality of frame members further define a passageway for receiving the support surface. The support surface is slidable between a first position and a second position. The support surface occludes the opening defined by the surface of the wind turbine when the support surface is in the first position and occludes the passageway defined by the plurality frame members when in the second position so as to prevent exposure of personnel to the opening.

Provided is a wind turbine, including: at least one rotor blade, at least one aerodynamic device for influencing the airflow flowing from the leading edge section of the rotor blade to the trailing edge section of the rotor blade, wherein the aerodynamic device is mounted at a surface of the rotor blade, a pneumatic actuator of the aerodynamic device for actuating the aerodynamic device at least between a first protruded configuration and a second retracted configuration, a pressure supply system for operating the actuator by a pressurized fluid, a centrifugal device rotatable about a rotor axis of the wind turbine, the centrifugal device including an air inlet of receiving a flow of the pressurized fluid including humidity from the pressure supply system and a water outlet for letting a flow of condensed water to exit the centrifugal device.

Provided is a wind turbine, including: at least one rotor blade, at least one aerodynamic device for influencing the airflow flowing from the leading edge section of the rotor blade to the trailing edge section of the rotor blade, wherein the aerodynamic device is mounted at a surface of the rotor blade, a pneumatic actuator of the aerodynamic device for actuating the aerodynamic device at least between a first protruded configuration and a second retracted configuration, a pressure supply system for operating the actuator by a pressurized fluid, a centrifugal device rotatable about a rotor axis of the wind turbine, the centrifugal device including an air inlet of receiving a flow of the pressurized fluid including humidity from the pressure supply system and a water outlet for letting a flow of condensed water to exit the centrifugal device.

Techniques for determining a layout of a wind energy plant comprising a plurality of wind turbines at a site, where the wind turbines are configured for connection to a power grid having a power demand. Techniques include: providing an initial layout of wind turbines at initial positions within the site; obtaining site condition data for the initial layout; estimating an expected power output of the wind energy plant for a predetermined time period; forecasting the power demand within the power grid for the predetermined time period; performing an optimising process on the initial layout based on the estimated expected power output and on the forecasted power demand in order to match the expected power output to the forecasted power demand to obtain an optimised layout of the wind energy plant; and erecting the wind turbines in accordance with the optimised layout.

A lubricant dispenser for filling a lubricant reservoir of a wind turbine is provided. The lubricant dispenser includes a carrier configured to receive a lubricant container, wherein the carrier includes at least a first and second support for supporting a first and second end of the lubricant container and. The lubricant dispenser further includes a flow connection having a first end configured to be coupled to the lubricant container and a second end configured to be coupled to the lubricant reservoir, and a squeeze mechanism that is mechanically coupled to the second support and that is actuatable to move the second support towards the first support such that a lubricant container disposed between the first and second supports is squeezed, whereby the content of the lubricant container is discharged through the flow connection. A wind turbine lubrication system and method of refilling a wind turbine lubricant reservoir are provided.

An actuator device for a wind turbine, in particular for a rotor blade of a wind turbine, and also to an associated wind turbine and a method of assembly, with an actuator component and a control component, wherein the actuator component has at least one actuator layer with a preferential direction and, substantially parallel to the actuator layer, at least one exciting layer, wherein the actuator layer comprises a photoactuator, wherein the photoactuator is designed to change a strain and/or stress of the actuator layer in the preferential direction on the basis of excitation light, wherein the exciting layer is designed to guide excitation light into the actuator layer, wherein the control component comprises a light source and a light guide, wherein the light source is arranged away from the exciting layer and is connected to the exciting layer by means of the light guide and wherein the light guide runs in different directions through the exciting layer.

A wind turbine (1) comprising a tower (2), a nacelle (3) and a hub (7) is disclosed. The hub (7) comprises a blade canying structure (4) with one or more wind turbine blades (5) connected thereto. Each of the wind turbine blades (5) is connected to the blade canying structure (4) via a hinge (6) at a hinge position of the wind turbine blade (5), each wind turbine blade (5) thereby being arranged to perform pivot movements relative to the blade carrying structure (4) between a minimum pivot angle and a maximum pivot angle. The wind turbine (1) further comprises a stop mechanism arranged to move the wind turbine blades (5) to a safe pivot angle in the case of an emergency, the stop mechanism comprising a release mechanism (8, 12, 14) and at least one wire (9, 10) interconnecting the release mechanism (8, 12, 14) and each of the wind turbine blades (5). Activation of the release mechanism (8, 12, 14) causes an abrupt change in a pulling force applied to the wind turbine blades (5) by the wire(s) (9, 10), the change in pulling force causes the wind turbine blades (5) to move immediately to the safe pivot angle.