RENEWABLE ENERGY-BASED ELECTRICITY GRID INFRASTRUCTURE AND METHOD OF GRID INFRASTRUCTURE AUTOMATION AND OPERATION
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1. An electricity grid infrastructure, comprising:
- a distributed load management system at least configured to settle a transfer of a power requirement for a specific period of time from a multi-resource offshore renewable energy platform, the multi-resource offshore renewable energy platform having a plurality of renewable energy resource components configured at the platform'"'"'s location and capable of producing power from a renewable energy resource, the plurality of renewable energy resource components including at least three of
1) a plurality of wind turbines,
2) a plurality of photovoltaic modules mounted on at least one tracker mounting system,
3) a plurality of wave turbines, and
4) a plurality of high-temperature solar thermal collectors mounted on at least one tracker mounting system coupled thereto; and
a transmission system comprising a sub-surface high voltage direct current transmission link over which the power requirement is delivered, the transmission system including a plurality of voltage source converters connecting a power output circuit of each wind turbine in the plurality of wind turbines, each photovoltaic module in the plurality of photovoltaic modules, each wave turbine in the plurality of wave turbines, and each high-temperature solar thermal collector in the plurality of high-temperature solar thermal collectors to a common direct current bus to provide the high voltage direct current transmission link with rectified alternating current power output and direct current power output regardless of whether a power output circuit produces alternating current or direct current.
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Abstract
A renewable energy resource management system manages a delivery of a power requirement from a multi-resource offshore renewable energy installation to an intelligent power distribution network. The installation includes multiple renewable energy resource components and is capable of variably and independently generating power from each to microgrids comprising the intelligent power distribution network so that the entire power requirement is satisfied from renewable energy resources. An electricity grid infrastructure is also disclosed in which power production is balanced with power consumption so that power storage requirements are minimized.
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20 Claims
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1. An electricity grid infrastructure, comprising:
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a distributed load management system at least configured to settle a transfer of a power requirement for a specific period of time from a multi-resource offshore renewable energy platform, the multi-resource offshore renewable energy platform having a plurality of renewable energy resource components configured at the platform'"'"'s location and capable of producing power from a renewable energy resource, the plurality of renewable energy resource components including at least three of
1) a plurality of wind turbines,
2) a plurality of photovoltaic modules mounted on at least one tracker mounting system,
3) a plurality of wave turbines, and
4) a plurality of high-temperature solar thermal collectors mounted on at least one tracker mounting system coupled thereto; anda transmission system comprising a sub-surface high voltage direct current transmission link over which the power requirement is delivered, the transmission system including a plurality of voltage source converters connecting a power output circuit of each wind turbine in the plurality of wind turbines, each photovoltaic module in the plurality of photovoltaic modules, each wave turbine in the plurality of wave turbines, and each high-temperature solar thermal collector in the plurality of high-temperature solar thermal collectors to a common direct current bus to provide the high voltage direct current transmission link with rectified alternating current power output and direct current power output regardless of whether a power output circuit produces alternating current or direct current. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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determining a power requirement of an intelligent power distribution network comprised of one or more power customers who continually communicate at least a power need composed of at least a usage type and a usage amount for a specific period of time; determining a renewable energy power production capacity of a plurality of renewable energy resource components configured at a multi-resource offshore renewable energy platform, each renewable energy resource component representing a renewable energy power source and each renewable energy resource component having an independently and variably adjustable level of operation in response to, for the specific period of time, the power requirement and one or more of a commodity price forecast for each renewable energy resource, a meteorological conditions forecast for each renewable energy resource, and an operational availability of each component, the plurality of renewable energy resource components including at least three of
1) a plurality of wind turbines,
2) a plurality of photovoltaic modules mounted on at least one tracker mounting system,
3) a plurality of wave turbines, and
4) a plurality of high-temperature solar thermal collectors mounted on at least one tracker mounting system coupled thereto;producing a power output from the plurality of renewable energy resource components; and initiating a transfer of the power output from the plurality of renewable energy resource components to the intelligent power distribution network over a high-voltage direct current transmission link. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A power production apparatus of a renewable energy-based electricity grid, comprising
a multi-resource offshore renewable energy platform having a plurality of renewable energy resource components integrated at the platform'"'"'s location; - and
a plurality of renewable resource energy-based power sources capable of independently and variably producing a combined power output from the plurality of renewable energy resource components to be consumed by one or more power customers of an intelligent power distribution network for a specified period of time that is produced entirely from the renewable resource energy-based power sources, the one or more renewable energy resource components including at least three of an array of wind turbines, an array of photovoltaic modules, an array of wave turbines, and an array of high temperature solar thermal collectors. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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