Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program

An information processing method of an information processing apparatus, the information processing method comprising:

• a step of acquiring
• first information regarding first electric power supplied from a power generation apparatus and/or a power storage apparatus at a predetermined base and second electric power supplied to the predetermined base from a commercial power grid,
• second information regarding third electric power stored in the power storage apparatus,
• third information regarding fourth electric power consumed at the predetermined base,
• information regarding cost corresponding to the first to fourth electric power, and
• information regarding cost of the power generation apparatus and/or the power storage apparatus;
• a step of calculating an economic benefit resulting from energy saving attributed to the power generation apparatus and/or the power storage apparatus, based on
• the first information,
• the second information,
• the third information,
• the information regarding the cost corresponding to the first to fourth electric power, and
• the information regarding the cost of the power generation apparatus and/or the power storage apparatus, and also calculating a period to be taken by the economic benefit to recover the cost of the power generation apparatus and/or the power storage apparatus;
• and
• a step of outputting, based on an input of a predetermined period, information regarding a configuration of the power generation apparatus and/or the storage battery that can be realized by the cost to be recovered by the economic benefit in the predetermined period.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer program instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to to:

• acquire
• first information regarding first electric power supplied from a power generation apparatus and/or a power storage apparatus at a predetermined base and second electric power supplied to the predetermined base from a commercial power grid,
• second information regarding third electric power stored in the power storage apparatus,
• third information regarding fourth electric power consumed at the predetermined base,
• information regarding cost corresponding to the first to fourth electric power, and
• information regarding cost of the power generation apparatus and/or the power storage apparatus;
• calculate an economic benefit resulting from energy saving attributed to the power generation apparatus and/or the power storage apparatus, based on
• the first information,
• the second information,
• the third information,
• the information regarding the cost corresponding to the first to fourth electric power, and
• the information regarding the cost of the power generation apparatus and/or the power storage apparatus, and also
• calculate a period to be taken by the economic benefit to recover the cost of the power generation apparatus and/or the power storage apparatus;
• and
• output based on an input of a predetermined period, information regarding a configuration of the power generation apparatus and/or the storage battery that can be realized by the cost to be recovered by the economic benefit in the predetermined period.