Standalone unit of a standalone power grid for communicating energy requests with another standalone unit
First Claim
1. A standalone unit (110) for a standalone power grid (100), comprisinga photovoltaic unit (113) for generating power from renewable resources,an energy storage unit (115) for storing energy,a consumer connection unit for connecting the standalone unit (110) to a consumer unit (111) for the consumption of energy,a grid unit (114), in particular an inverter unit, for connecting the standalone unit (110) to a power grid, for drawing energy from the power grid and for feeding energy into the power grid, andan interface unit (116) for communicating an energy withdrawal request and/or energy storage request with a second standalone unit (120, 130) which is adapted to send to the second standalone unit (120, 130) the energy storage request to store energy in the second standalone unit (120, 130).
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Abstract
The invention relates to a standalone unit for a standalone power grid, to a standalone power grid comprising a standalone unit and to a method for controlling a standalone power grid. In order to permit reduced recourse to an external power grid or public power grid, the standalone unit according to the invention comprises a power generation unit, in particular a photovoltaic unit, for generating power from renewable resources, an energy storage unit for storing energy, a load connection unit for connecting the standalone unit to a load unit for consuming energy, a grid unit, in particular an inverter unit, for connecting the standalone unit to a power grid, for drawing energy from the power grid and for feeding energy into the power grid, and an interface unit for communicating an energy withdrawal request and/or an energy storage request with a second standalone unit.
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1. A standalone unit (110) for a standalone power grid (100), comprising
a photovoltaic unit (113) for generating power from renewable resources, an energy storage unit (115) for storing energy, a consumer connection unit for connecting the standalone unit (110) to a consumer unit (111) for the consumption of energy, a grid unit (114), in particular an inverter unit, for connecting the standalone unit (110) to a power grid, for drawing energy from the power grid and for feeding energy into the power grid, and an interface unit (116) for communicating an energy withdrawal request and/or energy storage request with a second standalone unit (120, 130) which is adapted to send to the second standalone unit (120, 130) the energy storage request to store energy in the second standalone unit (120, 130).
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