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Virtual power plant

US10566803B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Christopher Betzin · Forchheim, DE
Matthias LEPIORZ · Chemnitz, DE
Holger Wolfschmidt · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 9, 2015
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 31, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02J7/0014
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The teachings of the present disclosure may be employed for buffering electric power in a virtual storage power plant. For example, a virtual power plant for buffering electric power may include: distributed electrical energy storage systems electrically interconnected by transmission lines of an electrical power plant network; a measuring device detecting a state of charge of each of the storage systems; and a control device adjusting the states of charge between a lower limit and an upper limit. The states of charge are adjusted as needed by means of a charge equalization including transmitting electrical equalization charges from energy storage systems having a relatively high state of charge to energy storage systems having a relatively low state of charge, via the electrical power plant network.

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