A storage cell is driven more flexibly with respect to the power supply state of a commercial grid. A power control apparatus (1) connects to a grid, is capable of controlling charging and discharging of a storage cell (22), and includes a controller (11) that performs leveling control to reduce a difference from a power purchase amount, which is established in a power purchase plan, by controlling charging and discharging of the storage cell (22). The controller (11) further performs control, upon acquiring a demand response request issued over a network, to make a comparison between the current amount of stored power in the storage cell (22) and the necessary amount of stored power for complying with the demand response request and to set a target power for power purchase in the leveling control on the basis of the result of the comparison.

The present power adjustment device includes: a storage device that stores vehicle information including a past behavior history of the electric vehicle participating in a VPP; and a charge-discharge instruction device for instructing the electric vehicle to charge and discharge power. The charge-discharge instruction device creates a charge-discharge plan of the electric vehicle to satisfy the power adjustment request, and instructs the electric vehicle of the created charge-discharge plan. In addition, when the charge-discharge instruction device receives an additional request of power adjustment after the instruction of the charge-discharge plan, the charge-discharge instruction device creates a change charge-discharge plan to meet the additional request, based on the estimated behavior of the electric vehicle, and the charge-discharge plan creation unit presents the electric vehicle of the charge-discharge plan that is created. The change charge-discharge plan includes information on an economic merit.

Energy and demand costs reduction method through management of an entity load using an energy storage system; simulating the entity load including using predictive analytics; or receiving user inputs of an event schedule impacting entity load; performing optimization at start of billing cycle including establishing a demand reduction target achievable with an energy storage system device implemented; setting a periodic schedule for energy storage system discharge and allocating a portion of energy storage capacity to a reserve to be used in event of volatility in entity load; determining any unused capacity of the energy storage system at an end of a period, and responsive to the determining, redistributing any unused capacity to a remaining period of the schedule; and resetting the demand reduction target for each time-of-use period to what was achieved previously for the same billing period.

A vehicle management system is provided. The system carries out at least one of controlling a supply of power from an onboard power unit in a parked vehicle to the exterior and controlling charging of the onboard power unit from the exterior. The system comprises a control unit for controlling the supply of power or charging between the onboard power unit and the exterior; a transaction managing unit for managing the supply of power or charging between the onboard power unit and the exterior; and a payment point setting unit for setting a payment point for a user associated with the parked vehicle, wherein the payment point setting unit sets the payment point on the basis of transaction information recorded by the transaction managing unit.

The present invention provides a planning apparatus for creating an operation plan for a hydrogen production system including a hydrogen generation apparatus, comprising: an acquisition portion for acquiring a demand response from a power operator; and an operation planning portion for creating the operation plan based on the demand response before a target period of the operation plan and at least one of a electricity price, a demand amount of hydrogen and an amount of stored hydrogen before the target period.

A charging method is performed to charge an accumulator battery of a vehicle. The charging method includes receiving data relating to the evolution over time of the electric power available at the charging terminal and the cost of electricity, and selecting a time window in which the cost of electricity is at a minimum. The charging method further includes estimating a temperature that the accumulator battery will have at the time of the time window and a level of charge that the accumulator battery will have before the time window, determining the electric power that the charging terminal is able to transmit to the accumulator battery during the time window, deducing a new level of charge that the accumulator battery will have at the end of the time window, comparing the new level of charge with a target level of charge, and charging the accumulator battery accordingly.

The present invention describes a method using temperature data to protect battery health during bidirectional charging in conjunction with monetization activities. The method includes receiving temperature data and determining anticipated energy needs of a building. The temperature data includes at least the temperature of one or more electric vehicle batteries or information required to determine the temperature of the one or more electric vehicle batteries while the anticipated energy needs are relative to ambient air temperature. The method includes determining an amount of discharge of the one or more electric vehicle batteries required to offset the anticipated needs of the building by a predetermined amount and determining based on the temperature data whether discharging the one or more electric vehicle batteries would be harmful to the health of the one or more electric vehicle batteries. The method includes discharging the one or more electric vehicle batteries to offset the anticipated needs of the building.

Embodiments of the present invention include control methods employed in multiphase distributed energy storage systems that are located behind utility meters typically located at, but not limited to, medium and large commercial and industrial locations. These distributed energy storage systems can operate semi-autonomously, and can be configured to develop energy control solutions for an electric load location based on various data inputs and communicate these energy control solutions to the distributed energy storage systems. In some embodiments, one or more distributed energy storage systems may be used to absorb and/or deliver power to the electric grid in an effort to provide assistance to or correct for power transmission and distribution problems found on the electric grid outside of an electric load location. In some cases, two or more distributed energy storage systems are used to form a controlled and coordinated response to the problems seen on the electric grid.

An energy control and storage system includes an energy monitor, a power controller, an energy storage device, and a computing unit. The energy monitor monitors power provided between an electric distribution system and a load. The power controller exchanges power with the energy monitor and receives power from a power generation system. The energy storage device stores energy received through the power controller. The computing unit receives a load shape from outside the energy control and storage system. The computing unit controls power exchanged between the energy control and storage system and the electric distribution system based on power indicated by the load shape that changes in response to varying conditions affecting the electric distribution system.

An energy storage system is provided. The energy storage system includes a battery, a power conversion system, and an energy management system configured to control the power conversion system to supply power to the power consumption system using at least one of a power received from an outside or a power charged in the battery. The energy management system estimates power consumption amounts of the power consumption system for each unit time period in a predetermined time period, a reference power amount based on the battery power charged in the battery and the power consumption amounts, and based on the power consumption amounts and the reference power amount, controls the power conversion system to supply power to the power consumption system using the external power and the battery power during the predetermined time period.