System and method for assessing farm-level performance of a wind farm

A system for controlling a wind farm, the system comprising:

• one or more sensors configured to measure operational data of the wind farm;
• and
• one or more controllers communicatively coupled with the one or more sensors, the one or more controllers configured to perform one or more operations, the one or more operations comprising:
• operating the wind farm in a first operational mode for a predetermined time period,
• identifying one or more pairs of wind turbines having wake interaction during the first operational mode,
• generating a pairwise dataset for the one or more pairs of wind turbines,
• generating a wake model based on the pairwise dataset,
• operating the wind farm in a second operational mode and collecting operational data during the second operational mode, the second operational mode being operated at a different time period than the first operational mode;
• predicting a first farm-level performance parameter for the second operational mode using the first wake model and the operational data collected during the second operational mode;
• determining a second farm-level performance parameter during the second operational mode, and
• assessing farm-level performance of the wind by comparing the first and second farm-level performance parameters;
• selecting to operate the wind farm in the first operational mode or the second operational mode based on the comparison without toggling between the first and second operational modes;
• and,
• controlling the wind farm based on the selected mode.