Abstract: A method predicting and avoiding faults that result in a shutdown of a wind turbine includes receiving operational data of the wind turbine. The method also includes predicting, via a predictive model, current or future behavior of the wind turbine using the operational data. Further, the method includes determining, via a fault detection model, whether the current or future behavior indicates an upcoming short- or long-term fault occurring in the wind turbine. Moreover, the method includes determining, via a prescriptive action model, a corrective action for the wind turbine based on whether the future behavior of the wind turbine indicates the upcoming short- or long-term fault occurring in the wind turbine. Thus, the method also includes implementing the corrective action during operation to prevent the upcoming short- or long-term fault from occurring.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for operating a wind farm. Accordingly, a wind direction affecting the wind farm is determined. Based on the wind direction, a controller identifies a turbine cluster, which is a subset of a plurality of wind turbines of the wind farm. The subset includes at least an upwind turbine and a downwind turbine that is affected by a wake emanating from the upwind turbine. With the turbine cluster identified for the given wind direction, the controller then determines a difference between a freestream maximal cluster power output and a wake-affected cluster power output for the turbine cluster. The controller then determines a mitigation setpoint combination for the subset of wind turbines. The mitigation setpoint combination is configured to establish a mitigated cluster power output.