Facilitating distributed power production units in a power group to store power for power conditioning during an anticipated temporary power production disruption
First Claim
1. A method of managing power supplied by distributed power production units in a power distribution system, comprising:
- monitoring a set of parameters, by a power monitoring meter, associated with future power production capacity of a set of distributed power production units that belong to a power group associated with a dynamic group-negotiated price for power supplied by the power group to a given serving area of a public or private power grid during a given period of time;
predicting by the power monitoring meter, for a portion of the given period of time, a temporary power production disruption that will affect the power group based on the monitoring; and
sending a control message, by the power monitoring meter, to prompt the power group to begin storing power prior to the portion of time for conditioning power output during the portion of time.
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a server monitors a set of parameters associated with future power production capacity of a set of distributed power production units that belong to a power group supplying power to a given serving area of a power grid during a given period of time. The server predicts, for a portion of the given period of time, a temporary power production disruption that will affect the power group based on the monitoring. The server sends a control message to the power group based on the prediction. At least one power production unit in the power group receives the control message, and responsive to the control message diverts at least a portion of power being supplied to the given serving area to local storage, detects the temporary power disruption and conditions power supplied to the given serving area during the temporary power distribution based upon the locally stored power.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of managing power supplied by distributed power production units in a power distribution system, comprising:
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monitoring a set of parameters, by a power monitoring meter, associated with future power production capacity of a set of distributed power production units that belong to a power group associated with a dynamic group-negotiated price for power supplied by the power group to a given serving area of a public or private power grid during a given period of time; predicting by the power monitoring meter, for a portion of the given period of time, a temporary power production disruption that will affect the power group based on the monitoring; and sending a control message, by the power monitoring meter, to prompt the power group to begin storing power prior to the portion of time for conditioning power output during the portion of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of supplying power by a distributed power production unit in a power distribution system, comprising:
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supplying power by the distributed power production unit to a given serving area of a public or private power grid during a given period of time, the distributed power production unit belonging to a power group that includes a set of distributed power production units with a dynamic group-negotiated price for power supplied by the power group to the given serving area during the given period of time; receiving, during the supplying step, a control message to prompt the distributed power production unit to begin storing power in anticipation of a temporary power production disruption at the distributed power production unit; diverting at least a portion of the power being supplied to the given serving area and storing the diverted power responsive to the received control message; detecting the temporary power disruption at the distributed power production unit; and conditioning power supplied to the given serving area during the temporary power distribution based upon the stored power. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A server configured to manage power supplied by distributed power production units in a power distribution system, comprising:
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means for monitoring a set of parameters associated with future power production capacity of a set of distributed power production units that belong to a power group associated with a dynamic group-negotiated price for power supplied by the power group to a given serving area of a public or private power grid during a given period of time; means for predicting, for a portion of the given period of time, a temporary power production disruption that will affect the power group based on the monitoring; and means for sending a control message to prompt the power group to begin storing power prior to the portion of time for conditioning power output during the portion of time.
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14. A distributed power production unit configured to supply power in a power distribution system, comprising:
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means for supplying power to a given serving area of a public or private power grid during a given period of time, the distributed power production unit belonging to a power group that includes a set of distributed power production units with a dynamic group-negotiated price for power supplied by the power group to the given serving area during the given period of time; means for receiving, during the supplying, a control message to prompt the distributed power production unit to begin storing power in anticipation of a temporary power production disruption at the distributed power production unit; means for diverting at least a portion of the power being supplied to the given serving area and storing the diverted power responsive to the received control message; means for detecting the temporary power disruption at the distributed power production unit; and means for conditioning power supplied to the given serving area during the temporary power distribution based upon the stored power.
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15. A server configured to manage power supplied by distributed power production units in a power distribution system, comprising:
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logic configured to monitor a set of parameters associated with future power production capacity of a set of distributed power production units that belong to a power group associated with a dynamic group-negotiated price for power supplied by the power group to a given serving area of a public or private power grid during a given period of time; logic configured to predict, for a portion of the given period of time, a temporary power production disruption that will affect the power group based on the monitoring; and logic configured to send a control message to prompt the power group to begin storing power prior to the portion of time for conditioning power output during the portion of time.
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16. A distributed power production unit configured to supply power in a power distribution system, comprising:
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logic configured to supply power to a given serving area of a public or private power grid during a given period of time, the distributed power production unit belonging to a power group that includes a set of distributed power production units with a dynamic group-negotiated price for power supplied by the power group to the given serving area during the given period of time; logic configured to receive, during the supplying, a control message to prompt the distributed power production unit to begin storing power in anticipation of a temporary power production disruption at the distributed power production unit; logic configured to divert at least a portion of the power being supplied to the given serving area and storing the diverted power responsive to the received control message; logic configured to detect the temporary power disruption at the distributed power production unit; and logic configured to condition power supplied to the given serving area during the temporary power distribution based upon the stored power.
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a server configured to manage power supplied by distributed power production units in a power distribution system, cause the server to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
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program code to monitor a set of parameters associated with future power production capacity of a set of distributed power production units that belong to a power group associated with a dynamic group-negotiated price for power supplied by the power group to a given serving area of a public or private power grid during a given period of time; program code to predict, for a portion of the given period of time, a temporary power production disruption that will affect the power group based on the monitoring; and program code to send a control message to prompt the power group to begin storing power prior to the portion of time for conditioning power output during the portion of time.
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a distributed power production unit configured to supply power in a power distribution system, cause the distributed power production unit to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
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program code to supply power by the distributed power production unit to a given serving area of a public or private power grid during a given period of time, the distributed power production unit belonging to a power group that includes a set of distributed power production units with a dynamic group-negotiated price for power supplied by the power group to the given serving area during the given period of time; program code to receive, during the supplying, a control message to prompt the distributed power production unit to begin storing power in anticipation of a temporary power production disruption at the distributed power production unit; program code to divert at least a portion of the power being supplied to the given serving area and storing the diverted power responsive to the received control message; program code to detect the temporary power disruption at the distributed power production unit; and program code to condition power supplied to the given serving area during the temporary power distribution based upon the stored power.
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