Patent ID: 8622698

Claim:
A method for controlling a wind turbine comprising a rotor, the method comprising: determining one or more properties of wind in a first section of a plurality of predefined sections of a plane in front of a wind turbine rotor plane, wherein each of the plurality of sections of the plane in front of the wind turbine rotor plane corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of predefined sections of the wind turbine rotor plane, wherein a second section of the plurality of predefined sections of the wind turbine rotor plane corresponds to the first section of the plane in front of the wind turbine rotor plane, and wherein the plurality of predefined sections of the wind turbine rotor plane are defined as angles of rotation of the rotor; determining a pitch angle assigned to the second section based on the one or more properties of wind in the first section; and adjusting a pitch angle of a wind turbine blade to the pitch angle assigned to the second section as the wind turbine blade passes through the second section.