Intelligent routing of electricity
US11456601B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 8, 2021 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02J2300/24
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a generation facility for producing electricity includes one or more electricity generating elements for producing electricity from a renewable energy source. The generation facility also includes a controller conductively coupled to: (1) a first conductive path leading from the one or more electricity generating elements; (2) a second conductive path leading to a public utility network; and (3) a third conductive path leading to an energy storage system for storing electrical energy. The energy storage system is also conductively coupled to a fourth conductive path leading to the public utility network. The controller includes one or more processors coupled to a non-transitory computer readable storage media embodying software that is operable when executed by the processors to determine whether to send electricity generated by the one or more electricity generating elements to the energy storage system.
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