Centralized power conditioning
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1. A power plant for providing electric power to a power grid, said power plant comprising:
- energy sources;
power conditioning units; and
a controller configured to cause power provided to the grid to have selected electrical characteristics, said controller being in high speed real-time communication with said power conditioning units and being programmed to provide instructions to said power conditioning units for execution within one cycle of line voltage.
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A power plant for providing electric power to a power grid includes energy sources; power conditioning units and a controller configured to cause power provided to the grid to have selected electrical characteristics. The controller is in high speed real-time communication with the power conditioning units and programmed to provide instructions to the power conditioning units.
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1. A power plant for providing electric power to a power grid, said power plant comprising:
- energy sources;
power conditioning units; and
a controller configured to cause power provided to the grid to have selected electrical characteristics, said controller being in high speed real-time communication with said power conditioning units and being programmed to provide instructions to said power conditioning units for execution within one cycle of line voltage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A controller for controlling power conditioning units in a power plant, said controller being configured to cause power provided to the grid to have selected electrical characteristics, said controller being in high speed real-time communication with said power conditioning units and being programmed to provide instructions to said power conditioning units for execution within one cycle of line voltage.
- 18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having encoded thereon software for controlling power conditioning units in a power plant, said software comprising instructions for determining a response to a voltage event, and causing power conditioning units to respond to the voltage event within one cycle of line voltage.
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