System for providing renewable energy storage and methods of using the same
AssigneeSwitch, Ltd.
InventorRob Roy
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Abstract
Described herein is a system for consuming, generating, storing, and delivering renewable, redundant, energy and providing backup energy storage and transmission to and from electrical load and method of using the same. The invention relates to a renewable energy consumption, generation, storage, and delivery systems and methods of using the same. A preferred embodiment of the present invention is related to use of the system to provide renewable, redundant, remote backup energy storage and transmission to a mission critical facility such as a data center or colocation facility.
Claims20
A system for powering an electrical load comprising:
- a battery;
- a local power utility electrically connected to deliver power to the battery;
- an electrical load electrically connected to be powered by the battery and the local power utility;
- and
- a power control system configured to:
- control the flow of power from the power utility to the battery;
- control the flow of power from the power utility to the electrical load;
- control the flow of power from the battery to the electrical load;
- continuously read the purchase price of power on a power market;
- and
- cause the battery to enter a charging state where power is stored in the battery when the purchase price of power on the power market drops below a predetermined value.
A system for powering an electrical load comprising:
- a battery;
- a power generator electrically connected to deliver power to the battery;
- an electrical load electrically connected to be powered by the battery and the power generator;
- and
- a power control system configured to:
- control the flow of power from the power generator to the battery;
- control the flow of power from the generator to the electrical load;
- control the flow of power from the battery to the electrical load;
- continuously read the purchase price of fuel on a fuel market;
- and
- cause the battery to enter a charging state where power is stored in the battery when the purchase price of fuel consumed by the power generator drops below a predetermined value.
A system for powering an electrical load comprising:
- a local power utility electrically connected to deliver power to a battery, a power generator, and an electrical load;
- the power generator electrically connected to deliver power to the battery and the electrical load;
- the electrical load electrically connected to be powered by the local power utility , the power generator, and the battery;
- and
- a power control system configured to:
- control the flow of power from the local power utility to the power generator;
- control the flow of power from the local power utility to the battery;
- control the flow of power from the local power utility to the electrical load;
- control the flow of power from the power generator to the battery;
- control the flow of power from the power generator to the electrical load;
- control the flow of power from the battery to the electrical load;
- continuously read the purchase price of fuel on a fuel market;
- continuously read the purchase price of power on a power market;
- and
- cause the battery to enter a charging state where power is stored in the battery when the purchase price of fuel consumed by the power generator or the purchase price of power on the power market drop below predetermined values.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.