A method and apparatus are provided for operation of a three-phase rotating electrical machine which has at least two stator winding sets and each stator winding set has three phase windings connected in star, and the star circuits of the stator winding sets have a phase shift of 30 degrees electrical with respect to one another, and an associated converting unit is respectively provided for each stator winding set, in which method the respective stator winding set is fed by the associated converter unit, and a respectively associated regulation device is provided for each converter unit, and each converter unit is driven by means of a drive signal from the associated regulation device independently of regulation devices of the respective other converter units.