ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,947, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S (Aarhus, Denmark).
"Method for planning repowering of a wind energy plant" was invented by Anders Steen Nielsen (Aarhus C, Denmark) and Soren Hove Sorensen (Hinnerup, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for planning repowering of a wind energy plant is disclosed. The wind energy plant is positioned at a site and comprises a plurality of original wind turbines arranged at distributed positions within the site. Historical data related to the original wind turbines is retrieved. The historical data is collected over a previous time period and during operation of t...