AN APPARATUS FOR HARVESTING ENERGY FROM A BODY OF WATER AND A METHOD

摘要

The invention relates to a device for harnessing energy from a body of water, which device comprises a Darrieus rotor having at least two Darrieus rotor blades, and comprises at least two connecting arms which connect the Darrieus rotor blades with a central axis, wherein per Darrieus rotor blade a first, proximal section of a connecting arm is connected to the central axis and a point of the connecting arm situated at a distance of the proximal section is connected to a first point on the Darrieus rotor blade, wherein at least the connection between the point of a connecting arm situated at a distance of the first proximal section and the first point on a Darrieus blade is a hingable connection, for every Darrieus rotor blade, of at least one connecting arm the connection between the proximal section of the connecting arm and the central axis is a rigid connection.