Patent ID: 8250833

Claim:
A wind turbine tower configured to support a rotor assembly having a hub and at least one blade, comprising: a plurality of wind-turbine-tower segments form the wind turbine tower, each wind-turbine-tower segment having a polygonal cross section, each wind-turbine-tower segment comprises: a plurality of flat plates connected to each other to form the polygonal cross section, each flat plate having a first side and a second side facing away from the first side; and a plurality of splice plates, which are bent, connect the plurality of flat plates to each other, each of the plurality of splice plates abut to the first side of two of the plurality of flat plates that are arranged adjacently such that the plurality of splice plates are arranged on an inside of the polygon cross section; and an external surface of the wind turbine tower formed from the second side of the plurality of flat plates; wherein the flat plates substantially enclose the splice plates.