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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2016
Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sandeep Narla, San Jose, CA (US);
Tesla, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments disclose an energy generation system including a photovoltaic (PV) array including a plurality of PV modules for generating direct current (DC) power, a plurality of power converter pairs coupled to the plurality of PV modules and configured to convert the generated DC power to alternating current (AC) power, and a plurality of battery packs coupled to the plurality of power converter pairs. Each power converter pair of the plurality of power converter pairs includes a DC-to-DC converter coupled to a DC-to-AC inverter, where the DC-to-DC converter is directly coupled to a respective PV module. Furthermore, each battery pack is directly coupled to a respective DC-to-DC converter and configured to store DC power from the respective PV module and output stored DC power to the respective power converter pair.