US Patent Issued to WOBBEN PROPERTIES on March 18 for "Method for controlling a wind power installation so as to protect birds and bats" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,065, issued on March 18, was assigned to WOBBEN PROPERTIES GMBH (Aurich, Germany).

"Method for controlling a wind power installation so as to protect birds and bats" was invented by Annika Langer-Moller (Aurich, Germany) and Fabian Lorenz (Magdeburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for controlling a wind power installation which has a rotor having rotor blades that are adjustable in terms of their blade angle, and having a rotor diameter, wherein the rotor is able to be operated at a variable rotor rotating speed; and a region in which the rotor blades move forms a danger zone for birds and b...