Patent ID: 8657534

Claim:
A floating platform for off-shore supported wind turbines comprising a floating support structure below the ocean surface, the floating support structure defining a horizontal plane, said floating support structure having a center, a plurality of floats spaced radially outwardly from the center and located on the horizontal plane of said floating support structure, and a plurality of first connecting locations and a plurality of second connecting locations horizontally spaced apart on said floating support structure, wherein each said float is provided with at least one of said first connecting locations, said second connecting locations are spaced radially apart from the center and affixed to the floating support structure along each line formed between the floats and the center, and wherein a plurality of anchors are horizontally spaced apart from one another and arranged so as to be in a fixed location that is below the horizontal plane defined by said floating support structure, and a plurality of anchoring means are provided for anchoring said structure to said anchors, wherein each one of said anchors is provided with a pair of anchoring means, wherein each one of said pair of anchoring means obliquely leads to a different one of said second connecting locations and each anchor is additionally provided with a vertically oriented anchoring means connected to one of said first connecting locations associated with one of said floats on said floating support structure, whereby the structure is secured against rotation or torsional vibrations around a vertical axis of rotation.