Patent ID: 7523001
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: F03D,F05B,G06Q,Y02A,Y02E,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a wind farm that includes a plurality of wind turbine generators (WTGs), said method comprising: generating wind turbine generator (WTG) availability data for each WTG; generating wide-area meteorological data for a first geographical region; generating narrow-area meteorological forecast data for a second geographical region by transmitting at least a portion of the wide-area meteorological data to at least one resident narrow-area meteorological forecast algorithm, wherein the first geographical region includes at least a portion of the second geographical region; and generating electric power production forecast data by using at least one resident electric power production forecast algorithm to manipulate the WTG availability data and the narrow-area meteorological forecast data.