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Methods and apparatus for managing renewable energy services

  • US 10,286,792 B2
  • Filed: 10/27/2011
  • Issued: 05/14/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing at least one renewable energy source for supply of power via an electric grid, comprising:

  • registering one or more selections of service offerings provided by the at least one renewable energy source selected by customers associated with respective mobile devices;

    supplying power to the mobile devices from the at least one renewable energy source, via the electric grid, in accordance with the registered customer selections;

    continuously monitoring, by a control processor, power supplied from the at least one renewable energy source based on telemetry information from a renewable resource telemetry device;

    determining, by the control processor, aggregated power realized by the mobile devices based on telemetry information received by the control processor from telemetry devices associated with each of the mobile devices; and

    offsetting power output changes from the at least one renewable energy source with the aggregated power realized by the mobile devices by controlling, with the control processor, current operating conditions of the mobile devices so that the aggregate power realized by the mobile devices follows or substantially follows the power supplied from the at least one renewable energy source measured from the renewable resource telemetry device,wherein the current operating conditions include operating points of the mobile devices and controlling the operating condition includes adjusting in aggregate the operating points of the mobile devices;

    wherein for each respective mobile device used for balancing of the power;

    determining, by a processor, an operating condition for the respective mobile device in accordance with the measured power of the at least one renewable energy source, wherein the operating condition is an operating point of the respective mobile device,sending, by the processor, the determined operating condition to the respective mobile device, andadjusting a current operating point of the respective mobile device to the determined operating condition.

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