Seasonal electrical resource allocation
Assignee8Me Nova, LLC
InventorThomas Buttgenbach
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Abstract
An REPP may include a renewable energy source (RES), a first meter associated with a first load, a second meter associated with a second load, a first ESS electrically coupled to the RES and the first meter, a second ESS electrically coupled to the RES and the first meter through a switch, and a controller configured to set a first charge/discharge for the first ESS and a second charge/discharge for the second ESS such that the REPP delivers power to the first load longer than the RES produces power, in response to a trigger condition, actuate the switch such that the second ESS is electrically coupled to the second meter, and set a fourth charge/discharge for the second ESS such that the second ESS maintains a portion of its charge in reserve for the second load.
Claims16
A method of power allocation from a renewable energy power plant (REPP) having a renewable energy source (RES) and a first energy storage system (ESS) and a second ESS, the method comprising:
- in a first mode of operation, delivering power to a first load from the RES, the first ESS and the second ESS to satisfy power requirements of the first load for a first time longer than a first production time when the RES produces power;
- in a second mode of operation, delivering power to the first load from the RES and first ESS to satisfy power requirements of the first load for a second time longer than a second production time when the RES produces power and maintaining a portion of charge at the second ESS in reserve for the second load;
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- switching from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation upon either a) energy output of the RES during a predetermined time period falling below a first threshold or b) production time when the RES produces power falling below a second threshold,
- wherein the first ESS and the second ESS are portions of one physical ESS and a first portion of the one physical ESS is allocated to the first ESS changes depending on a season.
A power allocation system comprising:
- a renewable energy power plant (REPP) having a renewable energy source (RES) and a first energy storage system (ESS) and a second ESS;
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- a controller having programmed instructions that, when executed, cause the controller to perform a process comprising:
- in a first mode of operation, deliver power to a first load from the RES, the first ESS and the second ESS to satisfy power requirements of the first load for a first time longer than a first production time when the RES produces power;
- in a second mode of operation, deliver power to the first load from the RES and first ESS to satisfy power requirements of the first load for a second time longer than a second production time when the RES produces power and maintain a portion of charge at the second ESS in reserve for the second load;
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- switch from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation upon either a) energy output of the RES during a predetermined time period falling below a first threshold or b) production time when the RES produces power falling below a second threshold,
- wherein the first ESS and the second ESS are portions of one physical ESS and a first portion of the one physical ESS is allocated to the first ESS changes depending on a season.
A non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a process comprising:
- in a first mode of operation, delivering power to a first load from the RES, the first ESS and the second ESS to satisfy power requirements of the first load for a first time longer than a first production time when the RES produces power;
- in a second mode of operation, delivering power to the first load from the RES and first ESS to satisfy power requirements of the first load for a second time longer than a second production time when the RES produces power and maintaining a portion of charge at the second ESS in reserve for the second load;
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- switching from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation upon either a) energy output of the RES during a predetermined time period falling below a first threshold or b) production time when the RES produces power falling below a second threshold,
- wherein the first ESS and the second ESS are portions of one physical ESS and a first portion of the one physical ESS is allocated to the first ESS changes depending on a season.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.