Patent ID: 8180498

Claim:
A computerized system for operating at least one wind turbine, comprising: a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system; and a display for depicting a graphical output of information for the at least one wind turbine from the SCADA system, wherein the graphical output of information includes performance-related information visually depicted as images corresponding to wind turbines or wind turbine components on the display, wherein the visually depicted images include a color to indicate a status of the image, and the display includes a data-dependent wind rose plot, wherein data is visually displayed as a spoke originating from a center portion of the wind rose plot, the spoke having a length representing frequency of direction of wind and the spoke having a thickness representing wind speed range; and, wherein the SCADA system analyzes conditions for the at least one wind turbine and transmits a signal to the display to visually depict the color representing status of the wind turbine or wind turbine component related to the performance-related information in a dynamic manner.