Patent ID: 8185331
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: F05B,G01W,H02J

Abstract:
1. A method of predicting electrical wind power output for one or more wind turbines comprising: generating, via measurement, a first set of wind speed data for a plurality of wind speed sensors and at a plurality of times for each wind speed sensor; converting the first set of wind speed data to a first set of electrical power output data; determining weights to assign each wind speed sensor based on the first set of electrical power output data and published wind power output data for a region encompassing the plurality of wind speed sensors; generating, via measurement, a second set of wind speed data for the plurality of wind speed sensors and at a plurality of times for each wind speed sensor; converting the second set of wind speed data to a second set of electrical power output data; multiplying the second set of electrical power output data by the weights to generate weighted electrical power output data; summing the weighted electrical power output data for the plurality of wind speed sensors.