ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,444, issued on March 25, was assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY S.L. (Sarriguren, Spain).

"Wind power plant collector system" was invented by Daniel Soto (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collector system for a wind power plant that includes one or more wind turbines is provided. The wind power plant collector system includes a DC collector grid, wherein the DC collector grid has a symmetrical monopole topology including a first pole and a second pole of opposite polarity. The DC collector grid is configured to collect electrical power generated by the one or more wind turbines and t...