Sollum Technologies Inc.

Florence Longpré

Gabriel Dupras

Marc Tremblay

Jacques Poirier

François Roy-moisan

The present techniques generally concern methods and systems for managing undesired effects in an electrical grid, which may include rapid voltage change(s) and/or flicker(s). The system includes an event detection module operatively connected to a plurality of horticultural light sources. The event detection module is configured to determine a power usage of the horticultural light sources, based on illumination conditions, detect an event affecting the illumination conditions, determine whether the event causes the undesired effects in the electrical grid, based on an evolution of the power usage of the horticultural light sources in response to the event, and send illumination instructions to the horticultural light sources to adjust the power usage of the horticultural light sources, if the event causes the undesired effects.

Systems and methods for managing undesired effects produced by horticultural lighting sources in an electrical grid

The present techniques generally concern methods and systems for monitoring and managing reactive power from horticultural lighting sources in an electrical grid. The techniques provided herein include determining or predicting distortive effects produced by the horticultural lighting sources, evaluating a power factor of the horticultural light sources, and based on a target power factor, adjusting the power factor of the horticultural light sources. The techniques described herein allow for an optimization of the power factor of the horticultural lighting sources in order to reduce, mitigate or eliminate the negative effects generally associated with the operation of horticultural light sources on the electrical grid.

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Montreal, Canada

Florence Longpré