ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,041, issued on July 1, was assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S (Brande, Denmark).
"Wind turbine and method" was invented by Samuel Hawkins (Vejle, Denmark) and Jesper Elliot Petersen (Oelgod, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wind turbine includes a generator for converting wind energy into electrical energy, a hydrogen production system for producing hydrogen by means of the electrical energy, a first auxiliary group of electrical consumers, a second auxiliary group of electrical consumers, and an auxiliary power network for powering the first auxiliary group and the second auxiliary group, wherein only the first a...