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MULTI-RESOURCE RENEWABLE ENERGY INSTALLATION AND METHOD OF MAXIMIZING OPERATIONAL CAPACITY OF SAME

  • US 20120144828A1
  • Filed: 02/16/2012
  • Published: 06/14/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A renewable energy apparatus, comprising:

  • an multi-component offshore renewable energy resource installation having multiple renewable energy resource components each capable of producing power from a renewable energy resource, the multiple renewable energy resource components including at least a wind component comprising a wind turbine array, a solar component comprising at least one of a plurality of photovoltaic modules installed in at least one photovoltaic tracker mounting system and a plurality of high-temperature solar thermal collectors installed in at least one solar thermal tracker mounting system, and a hydrokinetic component comprising multiple wave energy converters that include at least one of a surface wave turbine array, an oscillating column array, and an sub-surface wave turbine array; and

    a power generation module configured to variably and independently operate each one of the wind component, the solar component, and the hydrokinetic component, responsive to a plurality of variables that are aggregated to determine an operational efficiency level of each of the wind component, the solar component, and hydrokinetic component over a specific period of time, the plurality of variables at least including an operational availability of each renewable energy resource component, a commodity price range for each renewable energy resource supported at the multi-component offshore renewable energy resource installation, meteorological conditions relative to each renewable energy resource supported at the multi-component offshore renewable energy resource installation, and a power requirement of an intelligent power distribution network, to produce an amount of power at the operational efficiency level of each of the wind component, the solar component, and hydrokinetic component that satisfies the power requirement over the specific period of time so that the amount of power produced and the power requirement are optimally adapted to each other to minimize a power storage requirement at the multi-component offshore renewable energy resource installation.

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