General Electric Company

John David Hilton, Jr

Peter Alan Gregg

John Anderson Fergus Ross

Scott Charles Evans

Waseem Ibrahim Faidi

Colin Craig McCulloch

Lang Tong

David Charles Korim

David William Eldridge

Andrew Ferree

Joshua Benjamin Schoenstedt

Matthew N Daly

In one aspect, a method for assessing the performance impact of wind turbine upgrades may generally include determining a baseline power curve for a wind turbine prior to the wind turbine being upgraded and determining a baseline wind speed transfer function for the wind turbine prior to the wind turbine being upgraded. The method may also include determining an upgraded wind speed transfer function for the wind turbine after the wind turbine is upgraded. In addition, the method may include determining a corrected local wind speed for the wind turbine based on the baseline and upgraded wind speed transfer functions and determining an upgraded power curve for the wind turbine based on the corrected local wind speed.

System and method for assessing the performance impact of wind turbine upgrades

A control system for use with a plurality of wind turbines includes a processor and a memory device coupled to the processor. The memory device is configured to store a plurality of program modules that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive data representative of a power generation of a first wind turbine of the plurality of wind turbines, and determine an expected power generation of a second wind turbine of the plurality of wind turbines based on the power generation of the first wind turbine.

Control system and method of predicting wind turbine power generation

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John David Hilton, Jr