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Clustered power generator architecture

  • US 10,658,841 B2
  • Filed: 07/14/2017
  • Issued: 05/19/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing a plurality of dispatchable electrical resources, comprising:

  • receiving electricity usage control instructions at a site of a utility customer, the site having a plurality of dispatchable electrical resources;

    receiving individual status characteristics of each of the plurality of dispatchable electrical resources at the site;

    receiving aggregate status characteristics of the plurality of dispatchable electrical resources;

    determining a power dispatching mode to fulfill the electricity usage control instructions using the plurality of dispatchable electrical resources based on the individual status characteristics and the aggregate status characteristics;

    implementing the power dispatching mode by sending dispatch instructions to the plurality of dispatchable electrical resources, wherein a first set of dispatch instructions is sent to a first portion of the plurality of dispatchable electrical resources and a second set of dispatch instructions is sent to a second portion of the plurality of dispatchable electrical resources, wherein the first portion of the plurality of dispatchable electrical resources performs a first task in response to receiving the first set of dispatch instructions and the second portion of the plurality of dispatchable electrical resources performs a second task in response to receiving the second set of dispatch instructions, the first task being unique relative to the second task and being at least partially performed at a different time than the second task.

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