Systems and methods for integration of electric vehicle charging stations with photovoltaic, wind, hydro, thermal and other alternative energy generation equipment

A computer-implemented method for charging an electric or hybrid-electric vehicle, the method being performed in connection with a system comprising:

• at least one vehicle charging station electrically connectable to the vehicle and operable to charge the vehicle using an electrical power;
• at least one source of alternative electrical energy providing an alternative electrical power;
• and a control server comprising at least one processing unit and a memory and communicatively coupled to the at least one vehicle charging station and the at least one source of alternative electrical energy via a data network, the method comprising:
• a. receiving, by the control server, a reading from the source of alternative electrical energy via the data network;
• and
• b. controlling, by the control server, the vehicle charging station by issuing a charge control command via the data network to charge the vehicle such as to achieve balancing of the electrical power drawn by the vehicle charging station against the alternative electrical power generated by the source of alternative electrical energy.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a set of instructions, which, when executed in connection with a system comprising:

• at least one vehicle charging station electrically connectable to the vehicle and operable to charge the vehicle using an electrical power;
• at least one source of alternative electrical energy providing an alternative electrical power;
• and a control server comprising at least one processing unit and a memory and communicatively coupled to the at least one vehicle charging station and the at least one source of alternative electrical energy via a data network, cause the system to perform a method comprising:
• a. receiving, by the control server, a reading from the source of alternative electrical energy via the data network;
• and
• b. controlling, by the control server, the vehicle charging station by issuing a charge control command via the data network to charge the vehicle such as to achieve balancing of the electrical power drawn by the vehicle charging station against the alternative electrical power generated by the source of alternative electrical energy.