Patent ID: 6962053

Claim:
A wind power plant in combination with a seawater desalination plant, the wind power plant comprising: a) a tower having a set of rotor blades mounted along a top portion of the tower on a rotor hub, the rotor blades rotating in response to wind acting upon the blades; b) a gondola mounted behind the rotor blades within the tower top portion, the gondola rotating about an axis in reaction to movement of the rotor blades; c) a rotor shaft connected to a miter gear mounted within the gondola cooperating with a water purification system located within the tower; d) the water purification system having a vapor compressor system with an evaporator located in the tower, a compressor mechanically driven by the miter gear of the wind power plant, a distillate tank positioned below the evaporator and a heat exchanger for preheating seawater that is passed to the evaporator.