Systems and methods for optimizing operation of a wind farm

A method for operating a wind farm, comprising:

• assembling historical wake models for different sets of interacting wind turbines in the wind farm based on historical values of selected combinations of wake parameters corresponding to the sets of interacting wind turbines;
• determining optimal control settings for each wind turbine in the sets of interacting wind turbines for each of the selected combinations of wake parameters based on the historical wake models;
• storing the optimal control settings for each wind turbine as a function of the selected combination of wake parameters;
• receiving new values of the wake parameters acquired over a subsequent period of time following acquisition of the historical values;
• and
• determining the control settings for the wind turbines in each of the new sets of wind turbines using the new values and the stored control settings.

A system for optimizing operation of a wind farm, comprising:

• a plurality of wind turbines;
• one or more monitoring devices configured to measure values of a plurality of wake parameters for one or more of the plurality of wind turbines;
• and
• a farm control subsystem operatively coupled to at least the monitoring devices and programmed to:
• receive new values corresponding to at least some wake parameters for wind turbines in the wind farm;
• identify new sets of interacting wind turbines from the plurality of wind turbines based on the new values;
• develop a farm-level predictive wake model for the new sets of interacting wind turbines based on the new values and historical wake models determined using historical values of the wake parameters corresponding to reference sets of interacting wind turbines in the wind farm;
• and
• adjust one or more control settings for at least the new sets of interacting wind turbines based on the farm-level predictive wake model.