Patent ID: 8061998

Claim:
A wind power installation, comprising: a rotor; a generator coupled to the rotor; a machine casing housing the generator; a pylon configured to support the machine casing; a standard container forming a foundation of the wind power installation and having a top side and a bottom side; a coupling connecting the standard container to the pylon, the pylon being supported by the standard container; a transformer fixedly anchored in the standard container at a factory remote from a building site of the wind power installation, the transformer electrically coupled to the generator; regulating and circuitry electronics electrically coupled to the generator; and a solar device fixed to the top side of the standard container, the solar device including a photovoltaic element electrically coupled to the regulating and circuitry electronics, the electrical current of the photovoltaic element configured to be selectively fed into each of the regulating and circuitry electronics, a network, or a battery storage device; wherein the standard container forming the foundation of the wind power installation is configured to contain during transport to the building site the rotor, the generator, the machine casing, the pylon, the transformer and the solar device, and wherein the container accommodates a network transformer station for operation of a power network.