Y04S50/16

Methods for managing energy services for assets

A method of managing energy service for a plurality of assets of different types connected to a plurality of grid connection points includes determining, by a respective asset, a quantity of the energy service to be realized by the respective asset during a connection event; responsive to the respective asset being of a first type; detecting a grid connection point identifier that identifies an associated grid connection point associated with the respective asset of the first type used for the connection event; and sending, by the respective asset, connection event information, wherein the connection event information includes at least one of: the determined quantity of the energy service and an asset identifier, responsive to the respective asset not being of the first type; or the determined quantity of the energy service and the detected grid connection point identifier, responsive to the respective asset being of the first type.

Method and a system for controlling energy supply to different units

A method for controlling energy supply to different units includes receiving, by an aggregator, the demand request signal, and performing, by the aggregator, an allocation of the requested demand modification to the units based on a negotiating process with the units for minimizing an impact of the allocation on a future operation of another utility or of other utilities. Each unit is connected to multiple utilities for receiving enemy for operating its energy systems. A demand request signal is provided by at least one operational entity and/or by at least one utility for requesting a demand modification of a utility and/or of one form of energy.

Supply and demand adjustment system, supply and demand adjustment method, and supply and demand adjustment program

A supply-and-demand adjustment system, that utilizes characteristics of supply-and-demand adjustment apparatuses and precisely matches a total supply-and-demand adjustment amount with a required adjustment amount when performing a supply-and-demand adjustment. The supply-and-demand adjustment system comprises a central control apparatus and one or more supply-and-demand adjustment apparatuses, the central control apparatus includes a state collection unit that collects information with regard to a state of each supply-and-demand adjustment apparatus, an allocation band calculation unit that calculates a frequency band and an intensity of a fluctuation of a supply-and-demand adjustment to be allocated to each supply-and-demand adjustment apparatus based on the information of the state, and an adjustment amount calculation unit that calculates a supply-and-demand adjustment amount for each supply-and-demand adjustment apparatus based on the frequency band and the intensity of the fluctuation of the supply-and-demand adjustment to be allocated to said each supply-and-demand adjustment apparatus.

System and method for marketing sponsored energy services
10108976 · 2018-10-23 · ·

Systems and methods are disclosed for a retail energy marketing system including a server interacting with a remote display device, a sponsor, an energy market organization, and a set of financial services companies. The server executes an application for servicing customers while interacting with the remote display device and a sponsor application for sponsors to set up advertising and incentives for the retail energy marketing system. The server also executes a database, an ESI ID lookup application for validating customer eligibility for services and an accounting application for EMO energy usage transactions, EMO invoice transactions, customer bills, customer payments, treatment operations, customer incentives and sponsor commissions. A remote display device is placed at a retail location where customers can sign-up for energy services, view and print their billing and payment histories, and pay their bills. In return for using the remote display device, customers may receive incentives from the sponsor.

Interconnect socket adapter for adapting one or more power sources and power sinks

Interconnection meter socket adapters are provided. An interconnection meter socket adapter comprises a housing enclosing a set of electrical connections. The interconnection meter socket adapter may be configured to be coupled to a standard distribution panel and a standard electric meter, thereby establishing connections between a distribution panel and a user such that electrical power may be delivered to the user while an electrical meter measures the power consumption of the user. A power regulation module is disposed between the interconnection meter socket adapter, and configured to selectively connect one or more energy sources or energy sinks.

DEMAND RESPONSE IN A RENEWABLE ENERGY-BASED GRID INFRASTRUCTURE
20180262005 · 2018-09-13 ·

In a renewable energy-based electricity grid infrastructure, distributed data analytics and artificial intelligence enable modeling and delivery of an appropriate, time-sensitive, dynamic demand response from multiple renewable energy resource components to an intelligent power distribution network. Distributed data analytics also enable the electricity grid infrastructure to virtually, optimally and adaptively make decisions about power production, distribution, and consumption so that a demand response is a dynamic reaction across the electricity grid infrastructure in a distributed energy generation from multiple renewable energy resources responsive to

Dynamic demand response in a renewable energy-based electricity grid infrastructure
09973002 · 2018-05-15 ·

In a renewable energy-based electricity grid infrastructure, distributed data analytics enable modeling and delivery of an appropriate, time-sensitive, dynamic demand response from multiple renewable energy resource components to an intelligent power distribution network. Distributed data analytics also enable the electricity grid infrastructure to virtually, optimally and adaptively make decisions about power production, distribution, and consumption so that a demand response is a dynamic reaction across the electricity grid infrastructure in a distributed energy generation from multiple renewable energy resources responsive to various types of grid demand situations, such as customer demand, direct current-specific demand, and security issues, and so that power production is substantially balanced with power consumption.

Systems, apparatus and methods for quantifying and identifying diversion of electrical energy
09941740 · 2018-04-10 · ·

Systems, apparatus and methods for quantifying and identifying diversion of electrical energy are provided. Bypass and tap diversions may be identified in an electric utility power distribution inventory zone having both bypass and tap diversions. Bypass diversion factors for consumer nodes in an inventory zone are determined by finding a solution to a system of load balance equations having slack variables representing aggregate tap loads for the inventory zone and in which consumer load profile data is scaled by the bypass diversion factors, which solution minimizes an objective function whose value is positively related to the sum of the slack variables representing the aggregate tap loads. Tap loads are correlated with nodes in an inventory zone by solving a first system of power flow equations not having variables representing tap loads, and then solving a second system of power flow equations having variables representing tap loads using an iterative numerical solution technique initialized based on the solution to the first system of power flow equations.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ENERGY SERVICES
20180054062 · 2018-02-22 ·

The present document relates to a system for providing energy services in an energy grid using a cloud environment. The system comprises at least one control entity adapted to receive information from at least one of a plurality of energy grid elements and to operate the energy grid elements based on operational policies. One or more control interfaces are coupled with the energy grid elements. The control interfaces are adapted to transmit information provided by an energy grid element to a control entity and/or the control interfaces are adapted to receive information from the control entity to operate the energy grid element based on the information. The at least one control entity comprises a plurality of software modules which are hosted in the cloud environment, and the operational policies are stored in storage entities of the cloud environment to operate the energy grid elements according to the operational policies.

Supply and demand adjustment system, supply and demand adjustment method, and supply and demand adjustment program

A supply and demand adjustment system, that utilizes characteristics of a supply-and-demand adjustment apparatuses and precisely matches the total supply-and-demand adjustment amount with a required adjustment amount, when adjusting supply and demand, is provided. The supply and demand adjustment system that includes a central control apparatus and one or more supply-and-demand adjustment apparatuses, the central control apparatus including, supply-and-demand-adjustment-apparatus-state-collection unit that collects information with regard to a state of each supply-and-demand adjustment apparatus, allocation band calculation unit that calculates a frequency band and an intensity of a fluctuation of supply and demand adjustment to be allocated to the supply-and-demand adjustment apparatus based on the information of the state, and a supply-and-demand-adjustment-amount-calculation-unit that calculates a supply-and-demand adjustment amount for each supply-and-demand adjustment apparatus based on the frequency band and the intensity of the fluctuation of supply and demand adjustment to be allocated to the supply-and-demand adjustment apparatus.