an example of operating a wind turbine let 39 s consider a situation in which the wind speed oscillates around the nominal wind speed in a first instance when the wind speed temporarily surpasses the nominal wind speed the generator is allowed to generate more than its rated power as indicated by curve 20 as time progresses however in order to limit loads e g thermal mechanical aerodynamic and other the adapted power curve may get closer to the normal steady state power curve one way of implementing this is by determining a temperature of a relevant component of a generator as the temperature in the generator rises the adapted output power limit decreases in this example as the temperature of the generator rises the control of the wind turbine passes onto curve 30 the adapted power curve 30 has generally lower values of power than curve 20 therefore as the temperature rises the extent to which the generator may be overloaded is limited as the temperature rises further the control of the wind turbine may pass onto curve 40 which has lower values than curve 30 but still has power output levels above the steady state curve for wind speeds just above the nominal wind speed the extent to which the generator may be overloaded is thus further reduced this process may continue until eventually the power curve applied is the original steady state curve an infinity or a relatively large number of adapted power curves could thus be defined wherein as a function of a relevant temperature in a generator the control of the wind.