Operating wind turbines in a microgrid

Method of operating plural wind turbines (2a,2b,2c) connected to a local grid (4) but isolated from any power providing utility grid (5), the method comprising:

• monitoring (6a,6b,6c) the wind turbines (2a,2b,2c) regarding at least one temporary stop requirement;
• selecting one or more of the wind turbines (2a,2b,2c) based on a closeness to the respective temporary stop requirement, in particular the lower the closeness the more urgent the temporary stop, where the closeness is based on or is determined based on at least one of a remaining time duration until a next temporary stop of at least one component will be required, and/or an elapsed time since a previous temporary stop of at least one component was performed;
• entering, by at least one selected wind turbine (2a,2b) or by at least one non-selected wind turbine, a non-idle state thereby suppling power to the local grid.