Power transfer management for local power sources of a grid-tied load

A method comprising:

• receiving characteristic shape and phase information about a target periodic waveform;
• generating an output waveform with output hardware;
• sampling the output waveform;
• comparing the output waveform to a corresponding reference output waveform, the reference output waveform representing an ideal version of the target periodic waveform based on the received characteristic shape and phase information;
• generating a feedback signal based on comparing the output waveform to the reference output waveform;
• and
• adjusting an operation of the output hardware at runtime based on the feedback signal, wherein adjusting the operation of the output hardware converges the output waveform toward the reference output waveform and phase.

A method comprising:

• receiving, at an AC/DC power supply, alternating current (AC) power;
• conditioning a power factor of the AC power by controlling a phase of current of the AC power with respect to phase of an AC voltage of the power supply, wherein controlling the phase includes adjusting the phase of the current of the AC power to be in phase with the phase of the AC voltage;
• converting the conditioned AC power into direct current (DC) power;
• and
• delivering the DC power to a load of the power supply.