公开(公告)号：US09887581B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-06

申请号：US14808155

申请日：2015-07-24

申请人： SolarCity Corporation

发明人： Tara Elizabeth Hobbs ,  Eric Daniel Carlson

IPC分类号： H02J3/00 ,  H02J13/00

CPC分类号： H02J13/0013 ,  Y02E60/7807 ,  Y04S40/12

摘要： Techniques for managing connections within an energy generation network may be provided. Real-time data associated with network-connected energy generation devices at a location may be collected to determine communication channels between the devices. If it is determined that an inverter of the network is solar-powered, a wizard application may be launched to help a technician determine whether a meter will lose connectivity with a gateway device. The wizard application may provide instructions to power down the inverter. Once the inverter is powered down, it may be determined whether the metering device has lost its network connection with the gateway. If so, an instruction to install a repeater device during the installation may be provided.

公开(公告)号：US20180032041A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-01

申请号：US15549453

申请日：2016-02-09

申请人： Lilo Technology, S.L.

发明人： Raúl Barbosa Sirgado

IPC分类号： G05B15/02 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H02J13/00

CPC分类号： G05B15/02 ,  G05B11/01 ,  G05B2219/2642 ,  H02J13/0013 ,  H04B3/54 ,  H04L12/2803 ,  H04L2012/2843 ,  H04Q9/00 ,  Y02E60/74 ,  Y02E60/7892 ,  Y04S10/30 ,  Y04S40/146

摘要： An automated control system for a home includes a server, which controls and communicates with at least one client device arranged in rooms of the home to be automated, by means of a first PLC, the at least one client device being connected to the wiring of an electrical junction box of the electrical installation of the home and said client device including a plurality of sensors, a plurality of actuators and a second PLC, where the at least one client device and the server feed each other and intercommunicate via the wiring of the electrical installation of the home, such that the server sends instructions to the client devices in order to control the electrical and electronic devices installed in said home.

公开(公告)号：US20170207624A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-20

申请号：US15324911

申请日：2015-07-14

申请人： 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

发明人： Brian E. Brooks ,  Yang Lu ,  Andrew T. Tio ,  Gilles J. Benoit

IPC分类号： H02J3/00 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G01R19/25 ,  H02J13/00

CPC分类号： H02J3/00 ,  G01R19/2513 ,  G01R31/40 ,  G05B13/0265 ,  G05B15/02 ,  H02J13/0013 ,  H02J2003/007 ,  Y02E60/76 ,  Y02E60/7807 ,  Y04S40/12 ,  Y04S40/22

摘要： Methods and systems for implementing experimental trials on utility grids. The variation of grid parameters are coordinated to create periods of time and areas of space from within which the variations of grid parameters do not overlap, allowing sensor data within those periods of time and areas of space to be associated with particular variations in grid parameters. This associated data can in turn be used to improve models of sensor response and utility grid behavior.

公开(公告)号：US20170186107A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-29

申请号：US15259851

申请日：2016-09-08

申请人： GridPoint, Inc.

发明人： Brian GOLDEN ,  Courtney McMAHAN

IPC分类号： G06Q50/06 ,  H02J13/00 ,  H02J3/14 ,  G06Q10/04 ,  G05B15/02

CPC分类号： G06Q50/06 ,  F24F11/46 ,  F24F11/58 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G06Q10/04 ,  H02J3/14 ,  H02J13/0013 ,  H02J13/0086 ,  H02J2003/003 ,  Y02A30/12 ,  Y02B70/3225 ,  Y02B70/3266 ,  Y02B70/3275 ,  Y04S20/222 ,  Y04S20/242 ,  Y04S20/244

摘要： A method of monitoring energy consumption includes steps of establishing an energy budget for a future time period, receiving device information for a plurality of electrical devices and associating the device information with the energy budget, periodically measuring electrical usage from the plurality of electrical devices, projecting future energy consumption for the future time period based on the measured electrical usage, comparing the projected future energy consumption to the energy budget, and if the projected future energy consumption deviates from the energy budget, automatically generating an alert. The projected future energy consumption can take into account various factors such as energy available from non-grid sources; weather forecasts; battery storage; and historical data. A system employing the method can automatically control devices to bring predicted consumption within the budget.

公开(公告)号：US20170163039A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-08

申请号：US15327038

申请日：2015-03-06

申请人： NEC EUROPE LTD.

发明人： Maja Schwarz ,  Anett Schuelke ,  Mischa Schmidt

IPC分类号： H02J3/38 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  H02J13/00

CPC分类号： H02J3/381 ,  G06Q10/06375 ,  G06Q30/0202 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  H02J3/14 ,  H02J13/0013 ,  H02J2003/003 ,  H02J2003/007 ,  Y02B70/3225 ,  Y02B90/2607 ,  Y02E60/76 ,  Y04S20/222 ,  Y04S40/12 ,  Y04S40/22 ,  Y04S50/14 ,  Y04S50/16

摘要： A method for controlling energy supply to different units includes receiving, by an aggregator, the demand request signal, and performing, by the aggregator, an allocation of the requested demand modification to the units based on a negotiating process with the units for minimizing an impact of the allocation on a future operation of another utility or of other utilities. Each unit is connected to multiple utilities for receiving enemy for operating its energy systems. A demand request signal is provided by at least one operational entity and/or by at least one utility for requesting a demand modification of a utility and/or of one form of energy.

公开(公告)号：US20170149246A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US15321606

申请日：2015-07-07

申请人： LICHTBLICK SE

发明人： Stefan STORACE ,  Jörg SCHLUTTER ,  Martin RUMMENIE ,  Henrik ANGENENDT

IPC分类号： H02J3/38 ,  H02J3/46 ,  H02J13/00

CPC分类号： H02J3/382 ,  H02J3/28 ,  H02J3/38 ,  H02J3/381 ,  H02J3/383 ,  H02J3/386 ,  H02J3/46 ,  H02J13/0013 ,  H02J13/0062 ,  Y02B70/3216 ,  Y02B90/2607 ,  Y02E10/563 ,  Y02E10/566 ,  Y02E10/763 ,  Y02E40/72 ,  Y02E60/722 ,  Y02E60/74 ,  Y02E70/30 ,  Y04S10/12 ,  Y04S10/123 ,  Y04S10/14 ,  Y04S10/30 ,  Y04S20/221 ,  Y04S40/12

摘要： According to the invention, a system for the up-to-date determination of the suitability of technical units of a virtual power plant for supplying positive or negative control power, which are spatially distributed as a virtual power plant to generate and/or store and/or consume electrical energy, and which are connected to a power supply network for the purpose of supplying and/or removing electrical energy, and which are connected via a communication link to a control center for the purpose of controlling their operation, is characterized by a state signal generator at each of the technical units, which is configured to send, to the control center, in a regular time cycle and/or upon every state change in the respective technical unit, a state signal which signals the state change and/or contains information on the present state of the technical unit, and by a computer in the control center which is configured to compare, according to the state signals and at least one scoring criterion, at least two of the technical units regarding their suitability for supplying positive or negative control power, as well as a corresponding method.

公开(公告)号：US20170147026A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-25

申请号：US15425687

申请日：2017-02-06

申请人： Causam Energy, Inc.

发明人： Joseph W. Forbes, JR.

IPC分类号： G05F1/66 ,  H02J9/06 ,  H02J3/38 ,  H02J3/14 ,  H02J13/00 ,  H02J3/32

CPC分类号： G05F1/66 ,  G05B15/02 ,  H02J3/14 ,  H02J3/32 ,  H02J3/382 ,  H02J3/383 ,  H02J3/386 ,  H02J3/387 ,  H02J9/061 ,  H02J13/0013 ,  H02J13/0079 ,  H02J2003/143 ,  H04L67/10 ,  Y02B70/3225 ,  Y02B70/3266 ,  Y02B90/222 ,  Y04S20/12 ,  Y04S20/222 ,  Y04S20/224 ,  Y04S20/242

摘要： Systems and methods for managing power supplied over an electric power grid by an electric utility and/or other market participants to multiplicity of grid elements and devices for supply and/or load curtailment as supply, each of which having a Power Supply Value (PSV) associated with its energy consumption and/or reduction in consumption and/or supply, and wherein messaging is managed through a network by a Coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements and devices, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators.

公开(公告)号：US09645596B1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-09

申请号：US15360335

申请日：2016-11-23

申请人： Advanced Microgrid Solutions, Inc.

发明人： Ja-Chin Audrey Lee ,  Corey Noone ,  Kate Knox

IPC分类号： G05D17/00 ,  G05D5/00 ,  G05D9/00 ,  G05D3/12 ,  G05D11/00 ,  G05F1/66 ,  H02J7/00

CPC分类号： G06Q50/06 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05F1/66 ,  G06Q30/04 ,  H02J3/32 ,  H02J3/382 ,  H02J13/00 ,  H02J13/0013 ,  H02J2003/003 ,  H02J2003/007 ,  Y02E40/76 ,  Y02E60/722 ,  Y02E60/76 ,  Y04S10/14 ,  Y04S10/545 ,  Y04S40/22

摘要： Various embodiments are provided for facilitating the operation and control of a fleet of on-site energy assets and optimizing energy dispatch across the fleet, thereby facilitating the use of the on-site energy assets instead of grid-supplied electric consumption. An example system may comprise a central platform and a plurality of on-site gateway devices configured to perform on-site asset control. An example method may comprise receiving a service availability call, performing fleet-level optimization, generating a set of site-level schedules, and causing, as a function of the site-level schedules, real-time on-site asset control. Other embodiments provide for determining a location of each grid-connected energy consumer at which to reduce grid-supplied energy consumption, determining an amount of a reduction of grid-supplied energy consumption, and transmitting a signal to each corresponding gateway device located at the determined location, the signal comprising data indicative of instructions for performing on-site energy dispatch.

公开(公告)号：US20170041269A1

公开(公告)日：2017-02-09

申请号：US15303093

申请日：2015-03-11

申请人： Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

发明人： Kolja Eger ,  Reinhard Frank

IPC分类号： H04L12/58 ,  H04L12/931 ,  H04L29/12

CPC分类号： H04L51/14 ,  H02J13/0013 ,  H04L49/201 ,  H04L61/2592 ,  H04L61/6068 ,  Y02E60/723 ,  Y02E60/7807 ,  Y04S10/16 ,  Y04S40/12

摘要： A method for communication in an energy automation network having a number of substations, each including energy automation component(s) and an internal communication network for message exchange. The communication networks of the substations are interconnected for message exchange via a public network without multicast support. Each energy automation component may include an application for controlling a communication unit, wherein messages according to IEC 61850 can be exchanged between applications of a common group which includes energy automation components of at least two substations. A first application of a particular group of applications transmits a message to second application(s) of the same group via the substation communication network and/or a public network. Tunnels that encapsulate GOOSE messages may be used to allow an overlay network for transmission of GOOSE messages via a public network without multicast support. The logical groupings of applications may therefore define separate, logical communication networks.

摘要翻译： 一种具有多个变电站的能量自动化网络中的通信方法，每个变电站包括能量自动化组件和用于消息交换的内部通信网络。 变电站的通信网络是互联的，用于通过公共网络进行消息交换，无需组播支持。 每个能量自动化组件可以包括用于控制通信单元的应用，其中可以在包括至少两个变电站的能量自动化组件的公共组的应用之间交换根据IEC 61850的消息。 特定应用组的第一应用通过变电站通信网络和/或公共网络将消息发送到同一组的第二应用。 封装GOOSE消息的隧道可以用于允许覆盖网络通过公共网络传输GOOSE消息而不进行组播支持。 因此，应用程序的逻辑分组可以定义单独的逻辑通信网络。

公开(公告)号：US20170030950A1

公开(公告)日：2017-02-02

申请号：US14810423

申请日：2015-07-27

申请人： SunPower Corporation

发明人： Udo Uebel ,  Gaurang Kavaiya ,  Kevin Fischer ,  Carl Lenox ,  Donald Scrutchfield

IPC分类号： G01R21/00 ,  G01R22/00 ,  H02J13/00 ,  H02J3/06 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  G01R21/06 ,  G05F1/66

CPC分类号： G01R21/007 ,  G01R21/06 ,  G01R22/00 ,  G01R22/06 ,  G01R22/063 ,  G05F1/66 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  H02J3/06 ,  H02J3/383 ,  H02J13/0013 ,  H02J13/0079 ,  H02J2003/003 ,  H04L12/2825 ,  Y02B70/325 ,  Y02E10/563 ,  Y02E40/72 ,  Y04S10/123 ,  Y04S20/228

摘要： Methods, systems, and computer readable media are disclosed for monitoring photovoltaic solar systems. In some examples, the system includes a solar power measurement input for coupling to a solar panel system, a measurement circuit configured to measure power produced by the solar panel system using the solar power measurement input, and a data transmission system. The measurement circuit is configured, by virtue of the measurement circuit including electrical components rated to at least a certain tolerance level, to take revenue-grade power measurements from the solar power measurement input with a level of accuracy that meets a national or international metering standard. The data transmission system is configured to transmit the revenue-grade power measurements from the measurement circuit to a remote system.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于监测光伏太阳能系统的方法，系统和计算机可读介质。 在一些示例中，该系统包括用于耦合到太阳能电池板系统的太阳能测量输入端，被配置为测量由太阳能电力测量输入端产生的太阳能电池板系统产生的功率的测量电路和数据传输系统。 测量电路由于包括额定至少一定容差水平的电气元件的测量电路，能够以符合国家或国际计量标准的精度水平从太阳能测量输入采集收益级功率测量 。 数据传输系统被配置为将来自测量电路的收入级功率测量传输到远程系统。