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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11831161 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2021

Systems and methods utilizing ac overbuilt renewable electric generation resource and charge storage device providing desired capacity factor

Applicant:

8me Nova, Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Buttgenbach, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Lukas Hansen, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);

Philippe Garneau-Halliday, Oakland, CA (US);

Emily Arnold, Oakland, CA (US);

Assignee:

8ME NOVA, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:

Foley & Lardner LLP

Primary Examiner:

Mohammad Ali

Assistant Examiner:

Kelvin Booker

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02S 10/20 (2014.01); H02S 40/38 (2014.01); G06Q 10/04 (2023.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/04 (2006.01); H02S 50/00 (2014.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/007 (2020.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G06Q 10/04 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H02J 3/004 (2020.01); H02J 3/32 (2013.01); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02S 10/20 (2014.12); H02S 40/38 (2014.12); H02S 50/00 (2013.01); G05B 13/02 (2013.01); G05B 19/04 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25252 (2013.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01); H02J 2300/28 (2020.01);
Abstract

An integrated renewable energy source (RES) and energy storage system (ESS) facility configured to supply power to an AC electrical grid includes energy storage system capacity and inverter capacity that are larger than a point of grid interconnect (POGI) limit for the facility, enabling high capacity factors and production profiles that match a desired load. At least one first DC-AC power inverter is associated with RES, and at least one second AC-DC power inverter is associated with the ESS. AC-DC conversion is used when charging the ESS with RES AC electric power, and DC-AC conversion utility is used when discharging ESS AC electric power to the electric grid. Aggregate DC-AC inverter utility exceeds the facility POGI limit, and excess RES AC electric power may be diverted to the second inverter(s).

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