A mobile charging station generating electricity by an Enclosed Photovoltaic Device and electromagnetic energy receiving unit, mounted on top of an Electric Vehicle Platform or chassis, housing a power storage system, inverters, power outlets and wireless power transmitters to provide electricity to the electric vehicle platform and other electric vehicles. This mobile charging station is configured to be autonomously driven to any location where vehicles can be recharged at any time.

A mobile charging station generating electricity by an Enclosed Photovoltaic Device and electromagnetic energy receiving unit, mounted on top of an Electric Vehicle Platform or chassis, housing a power storage system, inverters, power outlets and wireless power transmitters to provide electricity to the electric vehicle platform and other electric vehicles. This mobile charging station is configured to be autonomously driven to any location where vehicles can be recharged at any time.

A method of passive cooling for a high concentrating photovoltaic, the high concentrating photovoltaic, includes a photovoltaic receiver, a parabolic dish reflector and a plurality of thermally conductive heat pipes having a direct thermal contact between the receiver and the reflector to transfer excessive heat. The method includes receiving sunlight by the parabolic dish reflector, reflecting the sunlight towards the photovoltaic receiver that converts the sunlight into electricity and heat, transferring the heat through the thermally conductive heat pipes and absorbing the heat by the reflector serving a dual purpose as a heat sink. A reduction in weight and cost is accomplished by incorporating the flat heat pipes.

The present disclosure relates to a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system for transporting natural gas hydrate, and the present disclosure provides a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system, enabling self-powered power generation and boil-off (BOG) gas treatment, includes: a refrigerator for inhibiting the generation of boil-off gas which naturally generates in a natural gas hydrate tank container during transportation; and a solar cell, a battery, and a generator, which operates by means of the boil-off gas, for supplying electric power to the refrigerator, thereby ensuring a generation capacity sufficient to operate the refrigerator by means of the solar cell, the generator, and the battery, and thus always maintaining a stable phase equilibrium (self-preservation) in the natural gas hydrate tank container even during long-distance transportation and solving problems of fire, environmental pollution, or the like which occur when the boil-off gas (BOG) is discharged to the outside.

There is a dynamically adjustable photovoltaic (PV) system for transforming solar energy into electrical energy. The dynamically adjustable PV system includes a first PV fold including a first set of PV cells for generating electrical energy, and a first laminating film that encapsulates the first set of PV cells; a second PV fold including a second set of PV cells for generating electrical energy, and a second laminating film that encapsulates the second set of PV cells; and a connecting mechanism that connects the first laminating film to the second laminating film. The connecting mechanism includes a chamber.

Methods for implementing power delivery transactions between a buyer and a seller of electrical energy supplied to an electrical grid by an integrated renewable energy source (RES) and energy storage system (ESS) of a RES-ESS facility are provided. Estimated total potential output of the RES is compared to a point of grid interconnect (POGI) limit to identify potential RES overgeneration, and the buyer is charged if potential RES overgeneration is less than potential overgeneration during one or more retrospective time windows. The method provides a basis for the RES-ESS facility owner to be paid for an estimated amount of energy that did not get stored as a result of a grid operator not fully discharging an ESS prior to the start of a new day.

A facility receives an indication of a rate of energy output sought from a production array of solar panels. The facility controls a power inverter to which the production array is connected to deliver to an electrical grid to which the power inverter is connected a rate of energy output that is based on the indicated rate of energy output.

A facility receives an indication of a rate of energy output sought from a production array of solar panels. The facility controls a power inverter to which the production array is connected to deliver to an electrical grid to which the power inverter is connected a rate of energy output that is based on the indicated rate of energy output.

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for string connecting photovoltaic modules. The method includes: acquiring position information of n photovoltaic modules to be connected; categorizing the n photovoltaic modules into m partitions based on the position information of the n photovoltaic modules; generating k candidate connection solutions of an i.sup.th partition in the m partitions, wherein the i.sup.th partition includes m photovoltaic modules, and each of the k candidate connection solutions uses one photovoltaic module in the m photovoltaic modules as a starting point, and obtaining at least one string of photovoltaic modules by simulating connection of the m photovoltaic modules according to a preset connection solution; and selecting a target connection solution from the k candidate connection solutions based on an estimated cable use amount corresponding to each of the k candidate connection solutions.

In some implementations, the power plant may include an array having 200 or more modules. In addition, the array may have conterminous modules. Arrays may include modules having a contact point that rests on the ground or a contact surface of one or more structures. In some implementations, 90% of the power-plant arrays have 800 or more modules. In some plants, the ground supports 90 percent of the conterminous modules. In some plants, neither the plants nor the arrays do not contain stowing functionality or extreme dampening functionality.