Patent ID: 8613569

Claim:
A system for installing a stationary offshore windpower plant (OWP), comprising: a wind turbine generator (WTG), a compliant guyed (CG) foundation having a means for absorbing impact from waves and wind; a high-rise crane station for assembling said WTG near shore, a catamaran wind turbine installer (CWTI) having a means for delivering said CG foundation to a destination site, for installing said CG foundation on a seabed, for lifting a completely assembled wind turbine generator from a shore stand of said high-rise crane station, for transporting said assembled WTG to the preinstalled foundation, and for placing wind turbine generator on the preinstalled foundation; a catamaran service vessel (CSV) having a means for servicing said WTG during operation; and wherein said high-rise crane station includes means for assembling said WTG near shore comprising a stand near shore, on which said WTG is assembled, having similar shape and size of the upper part of said CG foundation, a heavy lift crane with a short boom having a vertical cylindrical column supporting said heavy lift crane with a short boom, and a rotating platform on the lowest part of said vertical column having two oppositely located winches with hoisting lines intended to prevent lifted load from swinging; and a high-rise support structure.