PV power plant control to provide ancillary services
US12401202B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2025 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2045 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02J2300/26
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A photovoltaic (PV) power plant configured to provide ancillary services, the PV power plant including a plurality of PV arrays, a plurality of inverters coupled to the plurality of PV arrays, and a controller to measure an output of a first subset of the plurality of inverters, determine, based on the measured output of the first subset of the plurality of inverters, an estimated total potential output of the PV power plant, calculate, based on the estimated total potential output of the PV power plant, a reserve amount corresponding to a reserve proportion for providing contingency reserve, and curtail the reserve amount from an output of a second subset of the plurality of inverters to provide the contingency reserve.
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