Review Article

A Critical Review on Wind Turbine Power Curve Modelling Techniques and Their Applications in Wind Based Energy Systems

Table 1

Expressions of parametric models.

ModelExpressions of and Parameters

Linear [12]

Quadratic [25]

Binomial [30]


Cubic [31]   

Weibull based [6]

Double exponential [32] and to be estimated

4PL [1, 33]
() From manufacturers’ curve [33]




() Parameters obtained by evolutionary techniques for SCADA data in [1]

4PL [34, 35]
= minimum asymptote
= Hill slope
= inflection point (point of curve where the curvature changes direction)
= maximum asymptote
(parameters obtained by evolutionary techniques)

5PL [24, 35, 36]
= minimum asymptote
= Hill slope
= inflection point (point of curve where the curvature changes direction)
= maximum asymptote
= asymmetry factor
(parameters obtained by evolutionary techniques)