Behind-the-meter branch loads for electrical vehicle charging
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a transportation hub electrically coupled to a BTM power source via a branch line, wherein the transportation hub includes an electrical vehicle charging station and an energy storage system, wherein the energy storage system includes one or more batteries that are configured to obtain and store behind-the-meter (“
BTM”
) power from the BTM power source; and
a datacenter control system configured to modulate power delivery to the transportation hub based on a set of monitored conditions, wherein the set of monitored conditions includes BTM power availability at the transportation hub, a quantity of energy stored at the energy storage system, and a quantity of vehicles located within a threshold distance from the electrical vehicle charging station.
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Abstract
Examples relate to flexible datacenters or other power loads tolerant of intermittent operation and configured to use power received behind-the-meter. A system may include a transportation hub electrically coupled to a BTM power source via a branch line. The transportation hub may receive behind-the-meter (“BTM”) power from the BTM power source. The system may also include a datacenter control system configured to modulate power delivery to the transportation hub based on a set of monitored conditions. The set of monitored conditions may include BTM power availability at the transportation hub. In some examples, the datacenter control system is a remote master control system positioned remotely from the transportation hub.
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26 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a transportation hub electrically coupled to a BTM power source via a branch line, wherein the transportation hub includes an electrical vehicle charging station and an energy storage system, wherein the energy storage system includes one or more batteries that are configured to obtain and store behind-the-meter (“
BTM”
) power from the BTM power source; anda datacenter control system configured to modulate power delivery to the transportation hub based on a set of monitored conditions, wherein the set of monitored conditions includes BTM power availability at the transportation hub, a quantity of energy stored at the energy storage system, and a quantity of vehicles located within a threshold distance from the electrical vehicle charging station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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monitoring, by a datacenter control system, a set of conditions, wherein the set of conditions includes behind-the-meter (“
BTM”
) power availability at a transportation hub, a quantity of energy stored at an energy system located at the transportation hub, and a quantity of vehicles located within a threshold distance from an electrical vehicle charging station located at the transportation hub, and wherein the transportation hub is electrically coupled to a BTM power source via a branchline such that one or more batteries associated with the electrical vehicle charging station are configured to obtain and store BTM power from the BTM power source; andmodulating, by the datacenter control system, power delivery to the transportation hub based on the set of monitored conditions. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions, that when executed by a computing system, causes the computing system to perform functions comprising:
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monitoring a set of conditions, wherein the set of conditions includes behind-the-meter (“
BTM”
) power availability at a transportation hub, a quantity of energy stored at an energy system located at the transportation hub, and a quantity of vehicles located within a threshold distance from an electrical vehicle charging station located at the transportation hub, and wherein the transportation hub is electrically coupled to a BTM power source via a branchline such that one or more batteries associated with the electrical vehicle charging station are configured to obtain and store BTM power from the BTM power source; andmodulating power delivery to the transportation hub based on the set of monitored conditions.
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