# US 10,374,547 B2 · Aggregation management apparatus and aggregation management method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,374,547 B2 - Document ID: US10374547B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/264,047 - Filed: 2016-09-13 - Published: 2017-03-16 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-09-14 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Inventors: Hiromasa Shin; Mitsuru Kakimoto; Yusuke Endoh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10374547B2 ## CPC - H02S 50/10: Testing of PV devices, e.g. of PV modules or single PV cells (testing of semiconductor devices during manufacturing {H10P74/00}) - G06Q 50/06: Energy or water supply - H02S 50/00: Monitoring or testing of PV systems, e.g. load balancing or fault identification - Y02E 10/50: Photovoltaic [PV] energy - Y04S 10/50: Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications - H02S: GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRARED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (obtaining electrical energy from radioactive sources G21H1/12; light sensitive inorganic semiconductor devices H10F; light sensitive organic semiconductor devices H10K30/00; thermoelectric devices H10N10/00; pyroelectric devices H10N15/00) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## Abstract According to one embodiment, an aggregation management apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to acquire position information and performance information of each photovoltaic power generation facility in a set of photovoltaic power generation facilities from a storage; and calculate an evaluation value of a predictive error of a total generated energy of the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities, based on the position information, the performance information, and a correlation level of the predictive errors of solar radiation information depending on a distance between two locations. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An aggregation management apparatus for evaluating a prediction error of a total generated energy of a set of photovoltaic power generation facilities in a target area, comprising: hardware storage configured to: store position information and performance information of each photovoltaic power generation facility in a set of photovoltaic power generation facilities and information of correspondence between a distance of two locations and a correlation level of predictive errors of solar radiation information for the two locations, each of the predictive errors of solar radiation information being a difference between an observed value of solar radiation information and a predicted value of solar radiation information and processing circuitry configured to: acquire the position information and the performance information of each photovoltaic power generation facility and the correspondence information from the storage; specify distances between the respective photovoltaic power generation facilities based on the position information and calculate the correlation levels between the respective photovoltaic power generation facilities, based on the distances between the respective photovoltaic power generation facilities and the correspondence information; and calculate an evaluation value for evaluating a predictive error of a total generated energy of the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities, based on the calculated correlation levels and the performance information, the predictive error of a total generated energy being a difference between a total of predicted generated energy of the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities and a total of actually supplied generated energy of the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation value is a standard deviation of correlation levels between the respective photovoltaic power generation facilities; an average of correlation levels between the respective photovoltaic power generation facilities, or a variance of correlation levels between the respective photovoltaic power generation facilities. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the performance information contains a system output coefficient of the photovoltaic power generation facility. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the correlation level becomes smaller as the distance becomes long. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to calculate the predictive error of the total generated energy, based on the evaluation value, the performance information, and the predictive error of the solar radiation information of an area covering at least part of the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to calculate the total generated energy, based on the performance information and the solar radiation information of the area covering at least part of the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to calculate a selling price of electric power, based on the total generated energy, the predictive error of the total generated energy and selling price information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to assess a buying price on the electric power from a target photovoltaic power generation facility, based on a first selling price applied for the target photovoltaic power generation facility in case of being included in the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities and a second selling price applied for the target photovoltaic power generation facility in case of not being included in the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to assess the buying price such that a buying price applied when the first selling price is higher than the second selling price is higher that a buying price applied when the first selling price is lower that the second selling price. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to present the assessed buying price to a power generation producer having the target photovoltaic power generation facility. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to calculate a first evaluation value under a condition that the target photovoltaic power generation facility is included in the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities, and a second evaluation value under a condition that the target photovoltaic power generation facility is not included in the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to calculate a first predictive error under a condition that the target photovoltaic power generation facility is included in the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities, and a second predictive error under a condition that the target photovoltaic power generation facility is not included in the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to calculate a first total generated energy under a condition that the target photovoltaic power generation facility is included in the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities, and a second total generated energy under a condition that the target photovoltaic power generation facility is not included in the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities. ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to calculates a first selling price under a condition that the target photovoltaic power generation facility is included in the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities, and a second selling price under a condition that the target photovoltaic power generation facility is not included in the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to register an unregistered photovoltaic power generation facility as an aggregated target facility according to a request from a power generation producer having the unregistered photovoltaic power generation facility. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the target photovoltaic power generation facility is an unregistered photovoltaic power generation facility as an aggregated target facility. ### Claim 17 (depends on 8) The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the target photovoltaic power generation facility is a registered photovoltaic power generation facility. ### Claim 18 An aggregation management method for evaluating a prediction error of a total generated energy of a set of photovoltaic power generation facilities in a target area comprising: providing position information and performance information of each photovoltaic power generation facility in a set of photovoltaic power generation facilities; providing information of correspondence between a distance of two locations and a correlation level of predictive errors of solar radiation information for the two locations, each of the predictive errors of solar radiation information being a difference between an observed value of solar radiation information and a predicted value of solar radiation information; specifying distances between the respective photovoltaic power generation facilities based on the position information; calculating correlation levels between the respective photovoltaic power generation facilities, based on the distances between the respective photovoltaic power generation facilities and the correspondence information; and calculating an evaluation value for evaluating a predictive error of a total generated energy of the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities, based on the calculated correlation levels and the performance information, the predictive error of a total generated energy being a difference between a total of predicted generated energy of the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities and a total of actually supplied generated energy of the set of photovoltaic power generation facilities.