Patent ID: 7603202

Claim:
A method for optimization of the operation of one or more target wind energy installations, each of which comprises a rotor, a generator driven by the rotor to produce electrical energy, and a controller operating the target wind energy installation on the basis of a set of operating parameters, with one or more reference wind energy installations, the method comprising: operating the one or more target wind energy installations to be optimized with a first measurement operation using a first set of operating parameters and a second measurement operation using a second set of operating parameters different from the first operating parameters, recording target variables for the one or more target wind energy installations resulting from the first measurement operation and the second measurement operation, and recording reference results of the one or more reference wind energy installations resulting from operation of the one or more reference wind energy installations, performing an automated evaluation of the target variables by calculation of a quality measure based at least in part on the reference results, and determining in an automated manner based on the automated evaluation which one of the first and second sets of operating parameters has a better quality measure.