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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2018
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Charles Joseph Williams, Bothell, WA (US);
Gabriel Kliot, Redmond, WA (US);
Chia-Chi Lin, Urbana, IL (US);
Shaun L. Harris, Sammamish, WA (US);
Christian L. Belady, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Eric C. Peterson, Woodinville, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are various technologies pertaining to predicting an amount of electrical power that is to be generated by a power system at a future point in time, wherein the power system utilizes a renewable energy resource to generate electrical power. A camera is positioned to capture an image of sky over a geographic region of interest. The image is analyzed to predict an amount of solar radiation that is to be received by the power source at a future point in time. The predicted solar radiation is used to predict an amount of electrical power that will be output by the power system at the future point in time. A computational resource of a data center that is powered by way of the power source is managed as a function of the predicted amount of power.