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Power control system, power control apparatus, and power control method

  • US 10,535,999 B2
  • Filed: 02/25/2016
  • Issued: 01/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A power control system comprising:

  • a plurality of storage cells installed in a plurality of facilities; and

    a power control apparatus including a controller configured to control charging and discharging of the plurality of storage cells,wherein the controller allocates storage capacity to each of a plurality of consumers, wherein each allocated storage capacity is a portion of a total virtual capacity of the plurality of storage cells installed in the plurality of facilities, such that electrical energy may be stored for each of the plurality of consumers across the plurality of storage cells according to a charging or discharging instruction from the consumer, and wherein each allocated storage capacity for each of the plurality of consumers comprises storage capacity within a facility outside of that consumer'"'"'s facility, andwherein the controller in a case of receiving the charging or discharging instruction from a first one of the plurality of consumers,(1) when a charging and discharging amount based on the charging or discharging instruction falls within the storage capacity allocated to the first consumer, accepts the charging or discharging instruction, and(2) when the charging and discharging amount based on the charging or discharging instruction falls outside the storage capacity allocated to the first consumer, accepts the charging or discharging instruction, reduces the storage capacity allocated to at least a second one of the plurality of consumers by a storage capacity corresponding to a charging and discharging amount exceeding the storage capacity allocated to the first consumer, and allocates the storage capacity thus obtained to the first consumer.

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