Abstract: Methods and apparatus for forecasting an energy output of a wind farm. A method for forecasting an energy output of a wind farm includes maintaining a data base of wind patterns, each wind pattern being associated with an energy output that the wind farm produces. The method includes receiving a current wind pattern. The method includes searching the data base for a wind pattern that matches the current wind pattern. The method includes calculating a forecast energy output that the wind farm will produce in response to the current wind pattern, the calculation being based, when there is a matching wind pattern in the knowledge base, on the energy output associated with the matching wind pattern.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 19, 2003
Date of Patent:
December 13, 2005
Assignee:
Windlynx Systems, B.V.
Inventors:
David L. Barnes, Ruben Juarez, John Wade