Kyocera Corporation

Mitsuhiro Kitaji

Takashi Matsumura

Tomoyoshi Yokota

Yasushi Sasaki

Takashi Baba

Nobuo Kuchiki

A power management apparatus includes a manager configured to manage a utilization state of an electric storage apparatus and a controller configured to execute a balance control of the electric storage apparatus such that a power of one or more facilities becomes close to a target power. The controller is configured to compare a first effect and a second effect, the first effect being produced by operating the electric storage apparatus, the second effect being produced by not operating the electric storage apparatus, and not to execute the balance control in a case where the second effect is higher than the first effect, and to execute the balance control in a case where the first effect is higher than the second effect.

Power management apparatus, power management system and power management method

A control apparatus that controls charge and discharge of a plurality of storage battery apparatuses belonging to different consumer's facilities includes at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to execute: a reception process of receiving a request of charge or discharge to a target storage battery apparatus included in the plurality of storage battery apparatuses, and an allocation process of allocating, to the storage battery apparatus other than the target storage battery apparatus out of the plurality of storage battery apparatuses, at least a part of a request charge and discharge amount that is a charge amount or discharge amount corresponding to the request received by the reception process, so as to suppress deterioration of the target storage battery apparatus.

Control apparatus and control method for controlling charge and discharge of storage battery apparatuses

A power management method includes a step A of specifying an influence of a distributed power supply on a power demand-supply balance by a power management server, the power management server managing a plurality of facilities and the distributed power supply being individually provided in each of the plurality of facilities; and a step B of transmitting distributed power supply information from a local control apparatus to the power management server, the local control apparatus being individually provided in each of the plurality of facilities and the distributed power supply information including information indicating an operation state of the distributed power supply, wherein the step A includes a step of specifying the influence on the power demand-supply-demand balance based on the distributed power supply information.

Power management method, power management server, local control apparatus, and power management system

A power management server comprises a controller configured to manage a storage battery apparatus shared by a plurality of entities, and a receiver configured to receive requests each including an information element indicating a requested amount of power including at least one of a virtual discharge amount and a virtual charge amount of the storage battery apparatus. The controller is configured to manage power usage of the storage battery apparatus for each of the plurality of entities. The controller is configured to manage a virtual remaining power storage amount of the storage battery apparatus for each of the plurality of entities. The controller is configured to determine an allocated amount of power for the requested amount of power based on the power usage, when a constraint condition is satisfied by duplication of the requests.

Power management server and power management method

The HEMS controls equipment provided in a consumer. The HEMS comprises a transceiver unit that transmits a command to instruct processing executed by the equipment and a control unit that acquires start time information indicating a time from when the equipment receives the command to when the equipment starts processing according to the command from the equipment and controls the equipment based on the acquired start time information.

Power control apparatus, power control system, and power control method

A server comprises a notification unit that sends a power reduction request to a user terminal of a consumer; and a controller that acquires smart meter information sent from the user terminal when the consumer accepts the power reduction request. The smart meter information is information regarding a smart meter of a consumer facility that is a target for power reduction. The controller determines actual reduced power of the consumer facility based on the smart meter information.

Server, user terminal, and program

An EMS server () calculates an estimated value of an integrated power consumption at an expiration of a reference time, based on a current value of power consumption of at least one load device located in a consumer's facility and a remaining time in the reference time. The EMS server () controls the load device in accordance with the estimated value of the integrated power consumption and a response time. The response time refers to a time required to complete a change in power consumption of the load device in response to a change in a setting of the load device.

Server apparatus, electrical power control apparatus, and electrical power control system

In the present invention, in a coordinate plane that receives an expression according to a first axis indicating a parameter that impacts a basic rate and a second axis indicating a parameter that impacts a metered power rate, a display unit () displays an image indicating coordinates indicating the use state of power received from a grid.

Display apparatus, display system and display method

A power management system has power supplying means, measuring means that measures power generation environment for the power supplying means, and communication means that transmits information measured by the measuring means. The power management system comprises: a control unit that controls the measuring means and the communication means. The power supplying means is used as a power source for the measuring means and the communication means. The control unit sets a first power threshold to be used for determining whether or not to switch operation states of the measuring means and a second power threshold to be used for determining whether or not to switch operation states of the communication means on the basis of a power supply that is supplied from the power supplying means.

Power management system and power management method

A power supply system comprises a path switching means that switches a power supply path between power generation equipment and a load so that at least a part of output power of each power generation equipment is supplied to another power generation equipment during a power failure or power instability in the grid.

Power supply system, power distribution apparatus, and power control method

When a relay station load, which is the load of communications with radio terminals (E-G), of a relay node () exceeds a load allowable amount, which is determined according to the load of a radio base station (A), the relay node transmits a handover request, which requests permission for a relay handover, to the radio base station (A) and performs a relay handover if the relay node receives a handover command which instructs a relay handover.

Radio relay station and control method

A mobile communication system capable of communication control on the basis of load information transmitted/received between base stations by using inter-base-station communication, comprises: a base station eNB; a base station eNBadjacent to the base station eNB; and at least one base station eNBadjacent to the base station eNB, wherein after receiving load informationof the base station eNBfrom the base station eNB, the base station eNBtransmits, to the base station eNB, load informationof the base station eNBweighted by using the load informationof the base station eNB

Mobile communication system, base station, and communication method

A radio communication system () is disclosed, in which a relay node () is connected to a radio base station (A), radio terminals (E-G) are connected to the relay node (), and the communication between each of the radio terminals (E-G) and the radio base station (A) is relayed by the relay node (). When the base station load, which is the load of the radio base station (A), has exceeded a threshold value, the radio base station (A) transmits, to the relay node (), either the command of a relay handover in which the relay node () changes its connecting destination or the command of a terminal handover in which any one of the radio terminals (E-G) changes its connecting destination. The relay node () executes the relay handover in a case of receipt of the relay handover command from the radio base station (A) or transfers the terminal handover command in a case of receipt of the terminal handover command from the radio base station (A).

Radio communication system, radio base station, radio relay station, and handover control method

A relay node () transmits a terminal handover request, which requests permission for a terminal handover, or a relay station handover request, which requests permission for a relay station handover, to a radio base station (A). When the relay node receives a handover instruction which instructs a relay station handover, the relay node carries out a relay handover; and when the relay node receives a handover instruction which instructs a terminal handover, the relay node transmits the handover instruction to at least one among a group of radio terminals (E-G).

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Yokohama, Japan

Mitsuhiro Kitaji