The invention relates to a wind turbine system (WTS) comprising at least two blade rotors rotatably mounted to a nacelle (rotatably) mounted to a tower provided above a (water) level. The WTS can be characterised in that the blade rotors are interconnected by one or more retractable blades. The retractable blades can have variable properties, they can be stowable, can be able to weathervane, and can comprise a defined construction, a working mean. The blade rotors can rotate in the same and/or opposite directions. The components can be fabricated of defined materials. The WTS can be provided in an array and it can be couplable or coupled with various mechanocomponents and/or electrocomponents. A method for varying a design point of the disclosed wind turbine is proposed.

The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HARNESSING FLUID FLOW WITH FLEXIBLE MECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS include mechanisms that include flexible elements with strained deformations. In some implementations, oscillations of strained deformations in fins are excited by a moving fluid. By coupling the fin structure to an electrical generator and/or pump, energy from the moving fluid can be converted into electrical energy or used to perform useful mechanical work. In some implementations, the fin may be coupled to a motor or other actuator which causes the strained deformations to move, thereby imparting force onto the fluid to move or mix fluid or perform other useful work.

A fluid turbine comprises a rotor rotatable in use about an axis transverse to the direction of fluid flow, the rotor having a first part carrying a plurality of arcuate blades that may be arranged selectably in compact straight shapes or in arcuate shapes and a second part journalled in a base structure by two or more bearings.

A wind turbine is disclosed. The wind turbine includes comprising an inflatable portion comprising one or more blades and a device for rotatably driving the inflatable portion at a predetermined rate for a predetermined time.

Disclosed are a method and a control arrangement for frequency regulation of an electrical grid operatively coupled with at least one wind turbine generator. The method includes operating the wind turbine generator to consume electrical power from the electrical grid. Further disclosed is a method for increasing a ramp rate capacity of a wind power plant comprising a plurality of wind turbine generators. The method includes operating at least one of the plurality of wind turbine generators to consume electrical power.

The present wind turbine blade comprises an airfoil structure comprising an airfoil shape, an internal support structure arranged spanwise along the length of the blade within the airfoil structure, and an elastic connection joining a portion of an inner surface of the airfoil structure with a portion of the internal support structure. The airfoil structure can be passively pitched relative to the internal support structure according to aerodynamic pressure distribution at different blade locations.

The invention relates to a device of a safety system and/or resource and energy-efficiency improvement system for influencing the flow around an aero- or hydrodynamic body, preferably an aerofoil, according to the principle of a back-flow flap, characterized in that: said device, together with the aero- or hydrodynamic body, in particular aerofoil, form at least a partial shift of the delimitation of the flap region by means of the back-flow flap and the delimiting component thereof when the back-flow flap is partially and/or completely raised, thus influencing the trailing edge separation vortex/vortices and/or the flap separation vortex/vortices; and in that the delimitation of the flap region shifts completely up to or beyond the profile trailing edge, or shifts only to a section in front of the profile trailing edge. The delimitation component is movably connected to the aerofoil by means of a basic element and is preferably permanently secured and/or releasably secured for maintenance purposes, thus ensuring a long service life for the rotor blade and/or wind turbine and/or flap system, preferably >5 years, particularly preferably >10 years, and most particularly preferably >=20 years, and/or thus optionally allowing simple removal/replacement.

A wind turbine blade includes a first blade segment and a second blade segment extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint. Each of the blade segments having a pressure side shell member, a suction side shell member. The blade further including a coupling component extending spanwise and structurally connecting the first blade segment and the second blade segment. A thermal actuation component is coupled to the coupling component and passively actuated in response to a change in thermal conditions so as to provide for aeroelastic tailoring and pitch control to the wind turbine blade.

A frame which includes adjacent, spaced-apart segments that define adjacent, spaced-apart, and parallel closed-loop tracks supporting two or more articulated foils between the adjacent frame segments. Opposite distal ends of the foils cooperate with opposite tracks of the frame segments so that the foils can traverse along the tracks when current lifts the foils and pushes them along the tracks.

A fluid turbine comprises a rotor rotatable in use about an axis transverse to the direction of fluid flow, the rotor having a first part carrying a plurality of arcuate blades that may be arranged selectably in compact straight shapes or in arcuate shapes and a second part journalled in a base structure by two or more bearings. Another aspect of the invention discloses an installation frame, devised to support the turbine or other elongated structures in a folded arrangement for transportation on a trailer, and to support assembly and erection thereof.