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Title: Multi-piece wind turbine rotor blades and wind turbines incorporating same

Patent ·
OSTI ID:983064

A multisection blade for a wind turbine includes a hub extender having a pitch bearing at one end, a skirt or fairing having a hole therethrough and configured to mount over the hub extender, and an outboard section configured to couple to the pitch bearing.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-99GO10337
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
Patent Number(s):
7,381,029
Application Number:
10/955,452
OSTI ID:
983064
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English