US Patent Issued to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy on Sept. 23 for "Low-wind ride-through of a wind turbine" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,935, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S (Brande, Denmark).

"Low-wind ride-through of a wind turbine" was invented by Samuel Hawkins (Vejle, Denmark) and Dennis Stachniuk Jensen (Brande, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling a wind turbine is provided including a generator system, an energy storage system and auxiliary equipment, the method including, in particular during a low wind condition: controlling the generator system in order to provide power from the generator system to the auxiliary equipment, in particular such that a rotor speed does not decrease; controlling ...