Systems and methods for validating wind farm performance measurements

A method for identifying one or more wind farm performance measurements, the method comprising:

• measuring operating data, via one or more sensors, from one or more wind turbines of the wind farm;
• generating, via a processor, a plurality of baseline models of power output of the wind farm from at least a portion of the operating data, wherein each of the baseline models is developed from a different portion of the operating data;
• evaluating, via the processor, performance of each of the baseline models by comparing each baseline model to an actual power output of the wind farm;
• selecting, via the processor, an optimal baseline model based on the evaluation;
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• identifying, via the processor, one or more wind farm performance measurements of the wind farm based on the optimal baseline model, wherein the wind farm performance measurements are indicative of an error occurring in the wind farm.

A system for validating one or more wind farm performance measurements produced by one or more upgrades, the system comprising:

• a plurality of sensors configured to measure operating data from one or more wind turbines in a wind farm;
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• a controller configured to perform a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations comprising:
• generating a plurality of baseline models of performance of the wind farm from at least a portion of the operating data, wherein each of the baseline models of performance is developed from a different portion of operating data from one or more wind turbines of the wind farm,
• selecting an optimal baseline model of performance from the plurality of baseline models, and
• comparing the optimal baseline model of performance and an actual performance of the wind farm, wherein the actual performance of the wind farm is determined after one or more wind turbines of the wind farm are modified by the one or more upgrades that have been installed for the one or more wind turbines of the wind farm, and wherein comparing the optimal baseline model of performance and the actual performance of the wind farm comprises determining a difference between an optimal baseline model of power output and an actual power output of the wind farm, wherein the difference is reflective of a change in the power output produced by the one or more upgrades.