SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DEMOCRATIZING POWER TO CREATE A META-EXCHANGE

• US 20100138066A1
• Filed: 11/13/2009
• Published: 06/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thinkeco Power Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Thinkeco Power Incorporated
• Inventors: KONG, Stephen Poh Chew
• Application Number:
  US12/618,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20100138066A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/295
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/008 involving trading of energy or energy transmission rights
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/06 with automatic change-over , e.g. UPS systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/50 Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/14 Marketing, i.e. market research and analysis, surveying, promotions, advertising, buyer profiling, customer management or rewards

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for providing democratizing power in a power grid system. In architecture, the system includes a module for receiving a plurality of user preferences concerning load shedding using a graphical user interface, and a module for implementing the user preferences during a grid irregularity. The method of providing democratizing power, can be broadly summarized by the following steps of determining if a device needs a transfer of energy, determining if an electric network connected to the device is able to supply backup power, and determining the quantity of the backup power. The method further includes the steps of determining the cost of the backup power and facilitating payment of the cost of the backup power.

Claims

1. A method of providing democratizing power, comprising:

determining if a device needs a transfer of energy;

determining if an electric network connected to the device is able to supply backup power;

determining the quantity of the backup power;

determining the cost of the backup power; and

facilitating payment of the cost of the backup power.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the cost and quantity of the backup power is saved to a database.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the database is updated to reflect carbon credits for the device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the electric network connected to the device is not able to supply backup power; and

enabling the device to obtain backup power in a trade with other devices.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the ecological network breaks down into microgrids in response to a cyber terror attack.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining if at least one island in the microgrid is experiencing voltage instability; and

supplying the backup power to the at least one island in the micro grid experiencing voltage instability.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the cost and quantity of the backup power is provided to the device using a graphical user interface.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the graphical user interface is a digital dashboard.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the graphical user interface provides a visual representation of an amount of energy stored in one or more renewable energy devices.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the graphical user interface provides a visual representation to a user with an ability to buy or sell energy.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the graphical user interface provides a visual representation of an amount of energy and price that was bought and sold in past.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the graphical user interface provides a visual representation of an amount of carbon credits the user has currently.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the graphical user interface provides a visual representation of a cost of carbon credits.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein the graphical user interface provides a visual representation providing for a user to adjust individual power consuming devices.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the adjustment to the individual power consuming devices includes on/off timings.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the adjustment to the individual power consuming devices includes manually override features.

18. The system of claim 7, wherein the user preferences are received using a graphical user interface.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the graphical user interface provides a visual representation that enables a user to adjust individual power consuming devices

17. An automated system of democratizing power, comprising:

a module for receiving a plurality of user preferences concerning load shedding using a graphical user interface; and

a module for implementing the user preferences during a grid irregularity.

20. A method of democratizing power in a power grid system, comprising:

enabling a first user to visual indicate an amount of available backup power;

enabling a second user to acquire a portion of the available backup power using a graphical user interface; and

enabling the second user to provide payment for the portion of the available backup power acquired.