US Patent Issued to GFMS AS on April 29 for "Off-shore wind turbine support system, off-shore wind farm and method for controlling such wind farm" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,958, issued on April 29, was assigned to GFMS AS (Trondheim, Norway).

"Off-shore wind turbine support system, off-shore wind farm and method for controlling such wind farm" was invented by Jorgen Ranum Krokstad (Klaebu, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind turbine support system configured to support an off-shore wind turbine, an offshore wind turbine farm and a method for controlling a floating offshore wind park with such turbine support system are described. The wind turbine support system includes: a floating body configured to hold a lower end of a tower of the wind turbine; and a single point mooring system. The single p...