An energy-saving control method includes obtaining a demand instruction configured to indicate an energy-saving operation and a performing time slot of the energy-saving operation. The energy-saving operation is determined based on load data of a power grid and is configured to reduce a load of the power grid. The method further includes transmitting a first control message configured to control an authorized device to perform the energy-saving operation in response to detecting that time reaches the performing time slot, and transmitting a second control message configured to control the authorized device to stop performing the energy-saving operation in response to detecting that time is outside the performing time slot.

A system and method for managing a distributed energy resource (DER) within an indoor structure, the method including receiving a time window, receiving a power consumption limit, measuring an outdoor temperature, determining an indoor temperature of the indoor structure based at least on the measured outdoor temperature, the received power consumption limit, and the received time window, determining a minimum time of operation of the DER so that a power consumption of the DER is equal to or below the received power consumption limit during the received time window without compromising the quality of service controlled by the DER.

An aggregation control system for adjusting electric power between a plurality of facilities via a mobile storage battery apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of facilities includes a control apparatus that controls charging and discharging of the mobile storage battery apparatus, and the aggregation control system includes a server apparatus coupled to each control apparatus; and wherein the server apparatus: creates a charge-discharge condition for the mobile storage battery apparatus on the basis of management information for electric power demand and supply at a specified facility among the plurality of facilities; compares a charge-discharge request to a control apparatus of the specified facility with the charge-discharge conditions; and issues a command to the control apparatus to charge or discharge the mobile storage battery apparatus according to a result of the comparison.

A method of providing power via a plurality of power control systems forming a power network is provided. Each power control system includes a power controller and a power switch operable by the power controller. The method includes defining, by each power controller of the power network, a power allocation schedule for a power cycle using a dynamic load scheduling model based on a members list of the power network. The power cycle is divided into a plurality of power units, and the power allocation schedule identifies one or more designated power control systems from among the plurality of power control systems to provide power to a load during each of the power units. For the power cycle, the method includes providing power to the load by the one or more designated power control systems during a respective power unit based on the power allocation schedule.

The present invention provides a processing apparatus (10) including: an acquiring unit (11) which acquires an adjustment request specifying a control time period and a control amount for controlling power demand; a determining unit (12) which, on the basis of the adjustment request, determines a first consumer whose power demand is to be controlled, and a control amount of the first consumer and a time period during which power demand of the first consumer is controlled; and an inference unit (13) which infers whether, if power demand of the first consumer were controlled in accordance with a determination result made by the determining unit (12), power demand of the first consumer before and/or after control would change from power demand of the first consumer if the power demand were not controlled.

A method for controlling a process that draws power from an electrical power source operates by obtaining time-related electrical demand data from the electrical power source and adaptively adjusting at least one control parameter in a control algorithm for the process to reduce the cost of the electrical energy consumed. The time-related electrical demand data indicates at least diurnal variation, and optionally seasonal variation, in electrical power demand. The time-related electrical power demand data may also include real-time electrical power demand data from the electrical power source.

Provided are energy device control systems for distributed grid subsystem that control a first power demand of a plurality of appliances. The control system comprises a graphical user interface configured to accept a user input indicative of a first demand and dynamic allocation flexibility associated with the a respective energy device; a communication interface configured to aggregate dynamic allocation values from a plurality of system nodes including at least the user input indicative of a first demand and the dynamic allocation flexibility; and at least one processor programmed to: generate a learning model for evaluating dynamic future allocation with future energy execution prediction, wherein the dynamic future allocation includes at least energy operational information based on a categorization of energy usage at a plurality of respective energy devices; and trigger energy generation on the energy grid at respective generator nodes according to the learning model and dynamic projections.

A method of providing power via a plurality of power control systems forming a power network is provided. Each power control system includes a power controller and a power switch operable by the power controller. The method includes defining, by each power controller of the power network, a power allocation schedule for a power cycle using a dynamic load scheduling model based on a members list of the power network. The power cycle is divided into a plurality of power units, and the power allocation schedule identifies one or more designated power control systems from among the plurality of power control systems to provide power to a load during each of the power units. For the power cycle, the method includes providing power to the load by the one or more designated power control systems during a respective power unit based on the power allocation schedule.

This application relates to the battery field, and discloses a battery charging method, a controller, a battery management system, a battery, and an electric device. The battery charging method includes: obtaining an electrical parameter of a battery; determining whether the electrical parameter of the battery reaches a preset threshold, where a value range of the preset threshold meets the following condition: a battery state of charge (SOC) corresponding to the preset threshold is 70% to 80%; suspending, when the electrical parameter of the battery reaches the preset threshold, charging of the battery and discharging the battery for a duration of t; and continuing to charge the battery when the discharge is completed. In the embodiments of this application, the preset threshold of the electrical parameter is set.

Methods of charging accessory devices to vehicles can maximize the lifespan of rechargeable batteries. A method executed at a processor of a vehicle can include determining a charging time for an accessory to a vehicle based on anticipated demand of the accessory device, determining vehicle operational information comprising driving characteristics, and dynamically charging the accessory device based on the determined vehicle operational information and the charging time for the accessory to the vehicle.