A method of controlling a wind turbine blade of a wind turbine comprising: providing data comprising a plurality of pitch angles of the wind turbine blade and corresponding expected power coefficients for the wind turbine, each pitch angle corresponding to a maximum expected power coefficient for a degradation state of the wind turbine blade; obtaining a current power coefficient of the wind turbine; determining a desired pitch angle for the wind turbine blade, the desired pitch angle being equal to a pitch angle from the dataset corresponding to an expected power coefficient equal to the current power coefficient; and changing a pitch angle of the wind turbine blade to the desired pitch angle.

Provided is a method for operating a wind turbine having a generator and a rotor with rotor blades. The method includes generating electrical power from wind using the generator, using a first part of the generated power as an auxiliary component for supplying auxiliary devices of the turbine used for operating the turbine, where the auxiliary component varies up to a limit. The method includes feeding a second part of the generated electrical power into a grid as a feed-in component, checking the grid for a grid fault that does not allow feeding power into the grid and continuing the operation of the turbine when the fault is detected. The generation of power from wind is reduced to a cut-back power that corresponds to the limit the auxiliary component for operating the auxiliary devices is used from the cut-back power and remaining residual power of the cut-back power is consumed.

An adaptive dynamic planning control method and system for a large-scale energy storage station. The method comprises: setting a structure and control target parameters of an adaptive dynamic planning control system; initializing the parameters and importing an initial state of a controlled object; calculating an original wind electricity power fluctuation rate at a current moment t and smoothing the original wind electricity power according to a change rate control strategy; calculating a smoothed wind storage power fluctuation rate, a power of an energy storage system, and a state of charge (SOC) of the energy storage system; initializing and training an evaluation module and an execution module; calculating and saving a control strategy, a smoothed wind storage power fluctuation rate, an energy storage power and a (SOC) at each moment; and outputting the control strategy at each moment, the smoothed wind storage power fluctuation rate, the energy storage power and the (SOC).

The invention relates to a method for controlling power generation of a power plant which comprises power generating units including a wind turbine. At least one power unit is operated in a non-controlled mode with a non-curtailed power set-point, and at least one other power unit is operated in a controlled mode with a curtailed power set-point. Positive capabilities are determined as the difference between the available power and the curtailed power production. The total positive capability is determined as the sum of positive capabilities. The proportion of the power units intended to be operated in the non-controlled mode is determined as a function of the total positive capability. Dependent on the difference between the determined proportion and an actual proportion the status from non-controlled mode to controlled mode, or vice versa, of one or more of the power units is changed.

A method of controlling a wind turbine including a plurality of rotor blades, a first controller for controlling an adaptive flow regulating system having a plurality of individually controllable adaptive flow regulating devices arranged on the rotor blades, and a second controller for controlling a pitch regulating system for regulating a pitch angle of each rotor blade. The method includes (a) determining a diagnostic value indicative of an operational efficiency of the adaptive flow regulating system, (b) determining a first gain value for the first controller and a second gain value for the second controller based on the diagnostic value, (c) applying the first gain value to control signals for the adaptive flow regulating system generated by the first controller, and (d) applying the second gain value to control signals for the pitch regulating system generated by the second controller, is provided.

A method of controlling a wind turbine including a plurality of rotor blades, a first controller for controlling an adaptive flow regulating system having a plurality of individually controllable adaptive flow regulating devices arranged on the rotor blades, and a second controller for controlling a pitch regulating system for regulating a pitch angle of each rotor blade. The method includes (a) determining a diagnostic value indicative of an operational efficiency of the adaptive flow regulating system, (b) determining a first gain value for the first controller and a second gain value for the second controller based on the diagnostic value, (c) applying the first gain value to control signals for the adaptive flow regulating system generated by the first controller, and (d) applying the second gain value to control signals for the pitch regulating system generated by the second controller, is provided.

A method of operating at least one wind turbine including: receiving a first signal which is indicative of a level of a remuneration for electrical energy, which is fed currently and/or in the future into a grid to which the wind turbine is connected, producing a control signal dependent on the first signal, and controlling the wind turbine with the control signal for generating power of the wind turbine, that is dependent on the control signal. A wind turbine and a central control for carrying out such a method and a system comprising a central control and a plurality of wind turbines.

A method for designing and operating a wind power installation for generating electrical power from wind, wherein the wind power installation has an aerodynamic rotor with rotor blades of which the blade pitch angle can be adjusted, wherein the rotor blades are populated with a plurality of vortex generators between the rotor blade root and the rotor blade tip, characterized in that a radius position up to which the population with the vortex generators in the longitudinal direction of the respective rotor blade is carried out is determined depending on a sound power level to be set at a site of the wind power installation. A rotor blade of a wind power installation, to an associated wind power installation and to a wind farm.

A method for feeding in electrical power, using a wind power system including a wind farm, into a grid at a grid connection point is provided. The grid has a distribution grid and a further higher portion of the grid lying hierarchically above the distribution grid. The grid connection point is connected to the distribution grid. The method includes detecting an initial feed-in limitation with respect to the grid connection point. The method includes checking whether the farm power that can be generated from wind by the wind farm is limited by the initial feed-in limitation so that the wind farm is throttled in its power output by the initial power limit. The method includes evaluating whether the initial power limit can be increased by a redistribution of the limitation, increasing the initial power limit to an increased power limit and feeding in electrical power above the initial power limit.

A controller structure for a wind turbine having an aerodynamic rotor with at least one rotor blade, wherein the controller structure is designed to control a rotation speed of the rotor of the wind turbine, wherein the controller structure is designed as a cascade control arrangement and has an outer control loop and an inner control loop, wherein the inner control loop receives an input signal which comprises a change in the rotation speed, an acceleration of the rotation speed, a function of the change in the rotation speed and/or a function of the acceleration of the rotation speed.