ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,558, issued on March 24.
"Method and apparatus for maintaining energy production in an offshore wind farm" was invented by Jeremy J Papadopoulos (Manchester, Great Britain) and Vincent Loccisano (Wellesley, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for generating offshore wind employs shallow draft floats supporting a lattice tower with a wide base having a single-line anchoring providing passive yawing. The lattice structure supports a horizontal shaft at both ends of the shaft for rotating a rotor assembly. Mechanical energy from the rotor may be transferred to electrical generation equipment located at the base of the str...