WIND TURBINE ELEMENT LIFTING METHOD AND APPARATUS

Lifting yoke (10) configured for supporting a load (1) while suspended from a bearing wire (16); the yoke (10) comprising a frame (15) extending about a bearing axis (17); said yoke (10) additionallycomprising an orientation adjustment arrangement comprising at least two thrusters (20) associated with an orientation control system (51); said thrusters (20) being controllable to adjust and/or stabilise the angular orientation of said yoke (10) in a horizontal plane; characterised in that said load (10) is an element of a wind turbine; wherein said yoke includes at least two steering arms (30)each of which extends in mutually opposite directions away from said bearing axis (16) and beyond said yoke frame (15); and wherein each of said at least two thrusters (20) is provided on a respectivesteering arm (30) of said yoke (10); wherein each said steering arm (30) has a yoke interface at a proximal end (43) thereof, and wherein a said thruster (20) is arranged on said arm (30) towards a distal end (44) thereof. A m