22 in a vertical direction and spaced apart the tubes 14 and the cross nodes 22 are therefore arranged on the latticework structure 4 so that they essentially lie in a lateral surface of the latticework structure 4 the inside of the latticework structure 4 is therefore hollow or free of tubes and braces the precise configuration of the individual nodes 20 22 24 26 can be seen in fig4 to 7 at the upper end of the supporting structure 1 an interface 16 is positioned on the latticework structure 4 to hold a wind energy installation the interface 16 is therefore attached to the upper nodes 26 of the top segment 12 a working platform 18 is also located on the interface 16 for example service ships used by maintenance staff to reach the supporting structure 1 can land at this working platform in order to maintain one of the wind energy installations attached to it while the supporting structure 1 is particularly well suited for large wind energy installations with high towers and high outputs pursuant to the first exemplary embodiment fig1 the supporting structures 1 are also well suited for smaller wind energy installations pursuant to the second and third exemplary embodiments fig2 and.