Grid-connected power supply system

A grid-connected power supply system comprising:

• a power generation apparatus configured to generate power by using natural energy and connected in parallel to a commercial power grid;
• an electricity storage device configured to convert AC power, supplied from the commercial power grid, into converted DC power to charge the electricity storage device, and to convert a discharged DC power into converted AC power and supply the converted AC power to one or more loads;
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• a control device configured to control charging and discharging of the electricity storage device;
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• a display unit,
• wherein the control device predicts an amount of power to be generated on a subsequent day by the power generation apparatus and a power demand of the loads on the subsequent day and charges the electricity storage device with power during a time period in which an electricity rate of the commercial power grid is relatively low if a predicted value of the amount of power to be generated is lower than a predicted value of the power demand, and does not charge the electricity storage device with power during the time period if the predicted value of the amount of power to be generated is not lower than the predicted value of the power demand,
• wherein, when the predicted value of the amount of power to be generated is smaller than the predicted value of the power demand, the control device makes a schedule for the power demand of the loads that prevents the predicted value of the amount of power to be generated from being smaller than a scheduled value of the power demand, and presents both the schedule for the power demand of the loads and a schedule for a power demand for a normal day to a user on the display unit at the same time, and
• wherein the control device includes a network communications unit and predicts the amount of the power to be generated on the subsequent day by the power generation apparatus based on highest temperature or an amount of predicted solar radiation on the subsequent day which is acquired from the network communications unit.