Patents Assigned to RWE Renewables GmbH
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Patent number: 11905673Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbHInventors: Daniel Bartminn, Volker Herwig, Benjamin Matlock
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Patent number: 11901713Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbHInventors: Sebastian Obermeyer, Stefan Dominguez Ebitsch, Christian Schiller
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Patent number: 11807343Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignees: RWE Renewables GmbH, Stiesdal Offshore Technologies A/SInventors: Daniel Bartminn, Henrik Stiesdal
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Patent number: 11772755Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbHInventor: Jörn Runge
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Publication number: 20230258158Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbHInventors: Daniel Bartminn, Artur Czarnecki
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Publication number: 20230261455Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbHInventors: Daniel Bartminn, Artur Czarnecki
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Publication number: 20230219661Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbHInventor: Jörn Runge
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Publication number: 20230192241Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbHInventor: Jörn Runge
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Patent number: 11679953Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbHInventors: Jörn Runge, Daniel Bartminn
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Publication number: 20230127746Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbHInventor: Daniel Bartminn
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Patent number: 11585095Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbHInventor: Jörn Runge
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Publication number: 20230047054Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicants: RWE Renewables GmbH, Stiesdal Offshore Technologies A/SInventors: Daniel Bartminn, Henrik Stiesdal
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Patent number: 11499531Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbHInventors: Thorsten Schlüter, Heiner Strauß, Kim Weyrich
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Patent number: 11448192Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbHInventors: Daniel Bartminn, Artur Czarnecki, Benjamin Matlock
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Publication number: 20220294229Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbHInventors: Jörn Runge, Christian Feltes
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Patent number: 11326581Abstract: A wind turbine, in particular an offshore wind turbine includes at least one hollow structural element, at least one cable inlet arranged in a bottom region of the hollow structural element. A first platform is arranged inside the hollow structural element, above the bottom region. At least one flow opening is arranged in the shell surface of the hollow structural element and penetrating the shell surface. At least one active control element is flow-connected to the flow opening to affect a media exchange between the interior of the hollow structural element and the exterior of the hollow structural element.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbHInventors: Sebastian Obermeyer, Jürgen Klugkist, Thorsten Schlüter, Jörn Runge
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Publication number: 20220135363Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbHInventors: Jörn Runge, Daniel Bartminn
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Publication number: 20220081911Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbHInventor: Jörn Runge
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Patent number: 11254390Abstract: A hydrofoil device for a mobile offshore apparatus, in particular, a watercraft. The hydrofoil device includes at least one base body with at least one connection unit which is arranged for connecting the hydrofoil device to the mobile offshore apparatus. At least one hydrofoil is arranged on the base body. At least one flow generator is arranged to generate a flow around the hydrofoil. The hydrofoil device in its intended use is rotatable at least about a substantially vertical axis of rotation depending on at least one control data set that can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: RWE Renewables GmbHInventor: Johannes Rosen
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Publication number: 20210362808Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: RWE Renewables GmbHInventors: Christian Jahn, Sebastian Obermeyer