Method and apparatus for power management using distributed generation

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing a set of instructions that when executed cause a computer to perform a method for managing a power generation system and at least one load, comprising:

• controlling one or more power usages of at least one power usage used by a corresponding one or more loads of the at least one load during each control period of a plurality of consecutive control periods, such that a total power usage used by the at least one load during the control period is less than or equal to a power generation level for the control period,
• wherein the power generation level for the control period is determined at, or before, a previous end of a previous control period, and
• wherein the control period consecutively follows the previous control period;
• controlling one or more power outputs of at least one power output of a corresponding one or more power generators of the at least one power generator during the control period, such that a total power output of the at least one power generator during the control period is at least the power generation level for the control period, after a ramp up period, or ramp down period, if any,
• wherein the ramp up period, if any, is a period of time the one or more power generators of the at least one power generator take to ramp up from a previous power generation level for the previous control period to the power generation level for the control period, and
• wherein the ramp down period, if any, is a period of time the one or more power generators of the at least one power generator take to ramp down from the previous power generation level of the previous control period to the power generation level for the control period.

A system for managing a power generation system and at least one load, comprising:

• at least one processor,
• wherein the at least one processor is configured to control one or more power usages of at least one power usage used by a corresponding one or more loads of at least one load during a control period, such that a total power usage used by the at least one load during the control period is less than or equal to a power generation level for the control period,
• wherein the power generation level for the control period is determined at, or before, a previous end of a previous control period,
• wherein the control period consecutively follows the previous control period;
• wherein the at least one processor is configured to control one or more power outputs of at least one power output of a corresponding one or more power generators at least one power generator during the control period, such that a total power output of the at least one power generator during the control period is at least the power generation level for the control period, after a ramp up period, or ramp down period, if any,
• wherein the ramp up period, if any, is a period of time the one or more power generators of the at least one power generator take to ramp up from a previous power generation level for the previous control period to the power generation level for the control period, and
• wherein the ramp down period, if any, is a period of time the one or more power generators of the at least one power generator take to ramp down from the previous power generation level of the previous control period to the power generation level for the control period.