A wind
energy plant with a
nacelle, a rotor, which features at least one rotor blade adjustable in its
blade pitch angle, a central control device for controlling the wind
energy plant and a
control unit disposed in the rotor for controlling the
blade pitch angle of the at least one rotor blade, wherein the central control device and the
control unit in the rotor can exchange data with each other via a
data link, which comprises at least one first sending and receiving device at the
nacelle side and at least one second sending and receiving device at the rotor side, wherein a
wireless network connection with a safety-oriented communication protocol is provided between the at least one first sending and receiving device and the at least one second sending and receiving device, and that one monitoring- and
communication device at a time is associated to the first and / or the second sending and receiving device, which can monitor the function of the sending and receiving device and initiate a predetermined action in the case of an error.