POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20130253973A1
• Filed: 12/01/2011
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Ishibashi, Yoshihito
• Application Number:
  US13/990,878
• Publication Number:
  US 20130253973A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.24
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06314 Calendaring for a resource
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00006 characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00034 the elements or equipment being or involving an electric power substation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/008 involving trading of energy or energy transmission rights
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 40/70 Smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the energy generation sector
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/12 Monitoring or controlling equipment for energy generation units, e.g. distributed energy generation [DER] or load-side generation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/221 General power management systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/242 Home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/12 characterised by data transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated electrical equipment
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid

Abstract

Provided is a power management system including two or more sites. The two or more sites are connected by a distribution network including a power buying line on which power is bought, a power selling line on which power is sold, and a communication line on which information is communicated. Each site includes a power generating apparatus generating power using natural energy, and a power transmission/reception control unit transmitting power generated by the power generating apparatus to the distribution network and receiving power from the distribution network. The power transmission/reception control unit is operable, when power is sold by transmitting the power generated by the power generating apparatus to the distribution network, to transmit information necessary for selling power to the communication line of the distribution network.

Claims

1. A power management system comprising:

two or more sites,

wherein the two or more sites are connected by a distribution network including a power buying line on which power is bought, a power selling line on which power is sold, and a communication line on which information is communicated,

wherein each site includes

a power generating apparatus generating power using natural energy, and

a power transmission/reception control unit transmitting power generated by the power generating apparatus to the distribution network and receiving power from the distribution network,

wherein the power transmission/reception control unit is operable, when power is sold by transmitting the power generated by the power generating apparatus to the distribution network, to transmit information necessary for selling power to the communication line of the distribution network.

2. The power management system according to claim 1,

wherein each site further includes a battery server storing the power generated by the power generating apparatus.

3. The power management system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a schedule server in which information relating to a schedule transmitted from each site via the communication line is registered,

wherein the schedule server controls trading of power between sites based on the schedule registered from each site.

4. The power management system according to claim 3,

wherein, if power is not sold as planned from a seller at a planned time for selling power registered in the schedule server, control is carried out in a manner that power is supplied as planned to the sites that have planned to buy power.

5. The power management system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a settlement server making a settlement for power traded between the respective sites.

6. The power management system according to claim 5,

wherein the settlement server makes a settlement for power traded between the respective sites using a trading certificate in which information on an amount of power being traded, identification information on a seller and/or a buyer of power is written and which is transmitted from each site via the communication line.

7. The power management system according to claim 6,

wherein the trading certificate includes an electronic signature that certifies a seller and/or buyer of power attached at each site.

8. The power management system according to claim 1,

wherein the distribution network distributes direct current power.

9. The power management system according to claim 1,

wherein the power transmission/reception control unit transmits direct current power generated by the power generating apparatus in an intact way to the distribution network.

10. A power management system comprising:

a two or more sites,

wherein the two or more sites are connected by an distribution network including a power buying line on which power is bought, a power selling line on which power is sold, and a communication line on which information is communicated,

wherein each site includes

a power generating apparatus generating power using natural energy, and

a power transmission/reception control unit transmitting power generated by the power generating apparatus to the distribution network and receiving power from the distribution network,

wherein the power transmission/reception control unit is operable, when power generated by the power generating apparatus of another of the sites is bought by receiving the power from the distribution network, to receive information necessary for buying power from the communication line of the distribution network.