Patent ID: 8853877

Claim:
A method for controlling a wind farm having a power output constraint, the method comprising: operating a plurality of wind turbines within the wind farm, each wind turbine including a baseline power output and a maximum power output, the baseline power output being defined by a control-limited power curve as a function of wind speed; comparing a total power output for the wind farm to the power output constraint of the wind farm; and; controlling the operation of at least one wind turbine of the plurality of wind turbines to provide an increased power output for the at least one wind turbine when the total power output is less than the power output constraint, wherein the increased power output at a current wind speed of the at least one wind turbine is less than or equal to the maximum power output for the at least one wind turbine and is greater than the baseline power output associated with the at least one wind turbine at the current wind speed.