Patent ID: 7407342
Filing Date: 2008-08-05
Classification: E02B,E02D,F03D,F05B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An offshore wind energy park comprising a plurality of wind energy systems wherein at least two of the wind energy systems are adapted to be placed at different water depths from each other while each of the at least two wind energy systems maintains the same height above water of a rotor hub, wherein each of the at least two wind energy systems when erected in a body of water has a longitudinal direction (L) running substantially vertically to the surface of the body of water, and wherein each of the at least two wind energy systems comprises a rotor which comprises a rotor hub, wherein the rotor hub of each of the at least two wind energy systems is positioned at the same height above the surface of the body of water irrespective whether the at least two wind energy systems are positioned at the same or different depths in the body of water, a standardized carrier structure having at least two legs, wherein each leg has a bottom, wherein the carrier structures of each of the at least wind energy systems are uniform in length relative to the other wind energy systems, wherein at the bottom of each leg is positioned a foot portion for making contact with the floor of the body of water at a contact point, and wherein each foot portion has an extension downward in the longitudinal direction (L) so as to compensate for an interval distance between the bottom of the leg and the floor of the body of water at the contact point, which interval distance is determined by the depth and/or the relief of the floor of the body of water.