Patent ID: 8230660

Claim:
A method of erecting a wind power plant having a tower ( 1 ) comprising at least two segments ( 8 , 9 , 10 ) erected at a construction site to provide a tower of a predetermined height between a footing ( 3 ) and a top end thereof with at least one energy transmission line ( 5 ) of a length so as to extend between the bottom and the upper end ( 7 ) of the tower, said method comprising the steps of: installing the at least one energy transmission line ( 5 ) in its entirety in the uppermost of the at least two tower segments ( 8 , 9 , 10 ) in a folded or wound-up arrangement before the erection of the tower at the construction site at the upper end ( 7 ) of the tower ( 1 ); attaching the lower end ( 17 ) of the at least one energy transmission line ( 5 ) at the upper end ( 7 ) to be held in position; erecting the at least two tower segments ( 8 , 9 , 10 ) so as to set up the tower, and extending the lower end ( 17 ) of the at least one energy transmission line ( 5 ) stored in the uppermost of the at least two tower segments ( 8 - 10 ) down to the footing ( 3 ) of the tower ( 1 ) and connecting it to a bottom electrical connector ( 4 ) and the other end to a top electrical connector ( 6 ).