Power system and method for operating a wind power system with a dispatching algorithm

A method for operating a wind power system, the method comprising:

• determining an operation mode of each wind turbine generator of a plurality of wind turbine generators, wherein one or more wind turbine generators are operating in a partial load operation mode, and wherein one or more other wind turbine generators are operating in a full load operation mode;
• assigning all of the one or more wind turbine generators that are operating in the partial load operation mode to a first subset, wherein the one or more wind turbine generators of the first subset are each permitted to produce active power without constraint by a power plant controller of the wind power system;
• assigning one or more wind turbine generators that are operating in the full load operation mode to a second subset;
• determining a respective active power output of each wind turbine generator of the first subset;
• and
• dispatching, using the respective active power outputs, one or more active power set points from the power plant controller to thereby restrict an active power production of each wind turbine generator of the second subset.

A method of operating a wind power system comprising a plurality of wind turbine generators, the method comprising:

• determining one or more first wind turbine generators of the plurality of wind turbine generators having active power fluctuations that exceed a predefined fluctuation limit, wherein the one or more first wind turbine generators are operating at partial load;
• determining one or more second wind turbine generators of the plurality of wind turbine generators that each have an active power production that exceeds a predefined active power threshold value, wherein the one or more second wind turbine generators are operating at full load;
• permitting an active power production of the one or more first wind turbine generators without curtailment;
• and
• curtailing an active power production of the one or more second wind turbine generators, such that active power fluctuations in a collective active power production of the wind power system caused by the active power fluctuations of the one or more first wind turbine generators are reduced.