Patent ID: 9651026
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: F03D,Y02E

Claim:
1. A wind turbine comprising: a plurality of blades; an electric generator coupled to said plurality of blades for converting movement of said plurality of blades into electric energy, wherein each blade of said plurality of blades includes a respective antenna; a transmitter circuit for feeding at least one of said antennas with a signal to be radiated; and a switch disposed between said transmitter circuit and the antennas comprised in said plurality of blades, wherein said switch is adapted to connect or disconnect one or more of said antennas to said transmitter circuit, wherein said switch is further adapted to connect antennas that are not connected to the transmitter circuit to a reference potential such that the antennas are connected to one of said transmitter circuit or said reference potential, wherein the switch is configured to connect the antennas to the transmitter circuit and to the reference potential based on a position of at least one of the plurality of blades.