Patents Assigned to RWE Renewables GmbH
  • Patent number: 12362550
    Abstract: An offshore wind energy system comprising a foundation having a first hollow structural element with a longitudinally extending, circumferential first wall. A cable bushing penetrates through the first wall and is arranged in the first wall. At least one cable guide arrangement extends in a radial direction and is arranged at an outer shell surface of the first wall of the first hollow structural element. The cable guide arrangement is configured to guide a submarine cable exiting the cable bushing from the cable bushing to a submarine bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Bartminn, Artur Czarnecki
  • Patent number: 12286762
    Abstract: Described and disclosed is a foundation structure of an offshore structure, in particular of a wind turbine, with a floating foundation, including at least one floating body for floating on the surface of the sea, at least one anchor for anchoring the at least one floating body the seafloor and at least one holding element for holding the at least one floating body to the at least one anchor. At least one transmission cable extends from the at least one anchor along the at least one holding element to the at least one floating body and/or back. To enable a reliable monitoring of the anchoring of the offshore structure, provision is made for the transmission cable to be guided in sections through at least one protection element provided between the holding element and the at least one anchor and/or the at least one floating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Jahn, Sebastian Obermeyer
  • Patent number: 12173465
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming a connection between two pipe segments of different widths, preferably of a tower-like structure, in particular of a wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Bartminn
  • Patent number: 12068091
    Abstract: An offshore submarine cable for an offshore wind farm. The offshore submarine cable has a power capacity between 3 MW and 2.5 GW, at least one weighting element having a density of at least 5 g/cm3 at 20° C., and at least one armor package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventor: Ross Wilson
  • Patent number: 12005997
    Abstract: An anchor rope system for an offshore device for fixing an offshore device to a subsea floor. The anchor rope system includes at least one anchor rope surrounded by at least one sheathing. The anchor rope system includes at least one condition sensor formed by at least one fiber optic cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Jahn, Sebastian Obermeyer
  • Patent number: 11905673
    Abstract: The subject matter relates to a method and an apparatus for vibrating-in a foundation into a building ground by initiating vibrations generated by means of a vibrating device attached to the foundation, the vibrations causing liquefaction of the building ground so that the foundation penetrates the building ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Bartminn, Volker Herwig, Benjamin Matlock
  • Patent number: 11901713
    Abstract: In particular, the invention relates to a system for regulating the temperature of a cable which is laid at least partly in a body of water and on land, said system including: means for collecting water on the land-side such that water can be collected into said means and can be dispensed out of said means; means for controlling a quantity of water such that a quantity of water flowing out of the means for collecting water on the land-side or flowing into said means from the body of water can be controlled; and means for cooling a cable, said means surrounding the cable in the form of a sleeve in at least one section of the means for collecting water on the land-side up to a body of water, wherein a cavity through which the water flows in order to cool the cable is formed between the cable and the means for cooling the cable. The invention additionally relates to the use of a system according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Obermeyer, Stefan Dominguez Ebitsch, Christian Schiller
  • Patent number: 11807343
    Abstract: The application relates to a floatable foundation structure for an offshore structure including at least one floating body arrangement and at least one mass arrangement. The mass arrangement is connected to the floating body arrangement by at least one holding rope in a coupling state. Further, in the coupling state for coupling the floating body arrangement to the mass arrangement, a coupling section of the holding rope is arcuately guided around a contact section of the mass arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: RWE Renewables GmbH, Stiesdal Offshore Technologies A/S
    Inventors: Daniel Bartminn, Henrik Stiesdal
  • Patent number: 11772755
    Abstract: The application relates to a floatable offshore wind turbine with at least one floatable foundation. The floatable foundation includes at least one floating body. The floatable offshore wind turbine includes at least one anchoring arrangement configured to fix the offshore wind turbine to an underwater ground while the offshore wind turbine is in its anchoring state. Further, the floatable offshore wind turbine includes at least one height adjustment device configured to change the vertical distance of the floatable foundation to an underwater ground surface of the underwater ground and/or to a water surface during the anchoring state based on at least one specific meteorological environmental parameter of the offshore wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventor: Jörn Runge
  • Publication number: 20230258158
    Abstract: A wind turbine foundation structure comprising a hollow structural element with a circumferential wall extending in the longitudinal direction. A first cable feed-through breaking through the wall is arranged in the wall. A transition piece with an overlap region projects into the hollow structural element and a transition region projects out of the hollow structural element at the end face. A circumferential wall extends in the longitudinal direction. A second cable feed-through which breaks through the wall is arranged in the overlap region in the wall. The first and the second cable feed-through bear against one another in an at least partially overlapping manner in the assembled state of the hollow structural element and the transition piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Bartminn, Artur Czarnecki
  • Publication number: 20230261455
    Abstract: An offshore wind energy system comprising a foundation having a first hollow structural element with a longitudinally extending, circumferential first wall. A cable bushing penetrates through the first wall and is arranged in the first wall. At least one cable guide arrangement extends in a radial direction and is arranged at an outer shell surface of the first wall of the first hollow structural element. The cable guide arrangement is configured to guide a submarine cable exiting the cable bushing from the cable bushing to a submarine bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Bartminn, Artur Czarnecki
  • Publication number: 20230219661
    Abstract: The application relates to a floatable offshore wind turbine with at least one floatable foundation. The floatable foundation includes at least one floating body. The floatable offshore wind turbine includes at least one anchoring arrangement configured to fix the offshore wind turbine to an underwater ground while the offshore wind turbine is in its anchoring state. Further, the floatable offshore wind turbine includes at least one height adjustment device configured to change the vertical distance of the floatable foundation to an underwater ground surface of the underwater ground and/or to a water surface during the anchoring state based on at least one specific meteorological environmental parameter of the offshore wind turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventor: Jörn Runge
  • Publication number: 20230192241
    Abstract: A floatable offshore structure, in particular a floatable offshore wind turbine, includes at least one floatable foundation with at least one floating body. The offshore structure further includes at least one anchoring arrangement configured to fix the offshore structure to an underwater ground in an anchoring state of the offshore structure. The anchoring arrangement includes at least one anchor connection between an anchor and the floatable foundation and at least one position stabilization device configured to change the length of the anchor connection between the anchor and the floatable foundation in the anchoring state based on at least one attitude parameter of the offshore structure and at least one attitude set point parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventor: Jörn Runge
  • Patent number: 11679953
    Abstract: A power cable arrangement, in particular marine power cable, for offshore wind farms, including at least one cable drum device with a cable drum. The power cable arrangement includes at least one power cable wound on the cable drum with at least one cable end configured to pre-installing at a cable connection of a wind energy device. The power cable is wound on the cable drum such that a first section of the power cable is wound inversely to a further section of the power cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Jörn Runge, Daniel Bartminn
  • Publication number: 20230127746
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a foundation profile for an offshore structure. The foundation profile includes a profile end portion, which is arranged in an offshore subsoil in the intended state of the foundation profile. Further, at least one elongated hollow body is arranged at the profile end portion in the intended state. The elongated hollow body is configured to receive a swellable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Bartminn
  • Patent number: 11585095
    Abstract: A hollow structural element of a wind energy plant, in particular an offshore wind energy plant which includes a hollow structural element, and a cable arrangement extending along the hollow structural element. A shading element is arranged on the hollow structural element at a distance from the cable arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventor: Jörn Runge
  • Publication number: 20230047054
    Abstract: The application relates to a floatable foundation structure for an offshore structure including at least one floating body arrangement and at least one mass arrangement. The mass arrangement is connected to the floating body arrangement by at least one holding rope in a coupling state. Further, in the coupling state for coupling the floating body arrangement to the mass arrangement, a coupling section of the holding rope is arcuately guided around a contact section of the mass arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: RWE Renewables GmbH, Stiesdal Offshore Technologies A/S
    Inventors: Daniel Bartminn, Henrik Stiesdal
  • Patent number: 11499531
    Abstract: In a method, impulse response information indicative of an impulse response is determined based on an impulse introduced into a lightning conductor and characterized by an electromagnetic wave. The impulse response information representing at least a waveform and a travel time determined after the introduction of the impulse based on reflection thereof. Evaluation information is specified based on the determined impulse response information. The impulse response information is analyzed at least with respect to the represented waveform and travel time of the introduced and reflected electromagnetic wave. The evaluation information is indicative of whether or not the lightning conductor is functional. The determined evaluation information is output. Also disclosed are a device for practicing this method, a rotor blade for a wind turbine that includes at least one lightning conductor and a device for practicing the method, and a system with one or more devices for practicing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Schlüter, Heiner Strauß, Kim Weyrich
  • Patent number: 11448192
    Abstract: Supporting structure, in particular for a wind power plant, having at least two sub-segments which are at least partially connected to one another and are respectively formed from a metal plate having a longitudinal extent and a width extent. The longitudinal extent being greater than the width extent, and the sub-segments each having longitudinal edges extending in longitudinal extent and being connected to one another at mutually abutting joint surfaces along the longitudinal edges by a welded joint respectively. The sub-segments respectively have end edges extending in width, the sub-segments being bent along their end edges respectively. The respective welded joint has in sections a thickness which is smaller than a wall thickness of the metal plate and in sections a thickness which corresponds at least to the wall thickness of the metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Bartminn, Artur Czarnecki, Benjamin Matlock
  • Publication number: 20220294229
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a stand-alone grid, in which at least one participant of the stand-alone grid is coupled to a stabilization controller and an impedance between an output of the stabilization controller and a grid node of the stand-alone grid is determined. Further, a nominal voltage at the grid node is regulated by means of the stabilization controller depending on the determined impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbH
    Inventors: Jörn Runge, Christian Feltes