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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
May. 10, 2011
Harry Sawyer, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Simon Chee, Toledo, OH (US);
Todd Walter, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Todd Kline, Whitehouse, OH (US);
John Bellacicco, Stamford, CT (US);
Harry Sawyer, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Simon Chee, Toledo, OH (US);
Todd Walter, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Todd Kline, Whitehouse, OH (US);
John Bellacicco, Stamford, CT (US);
First Solar, Inc, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Abstract
A control system for a photovoltaic ('PV') power plant that includes a plant-level control system for implementing plant-level control functions at power generation sites of the plant, a supervisory system for supervisory control and data acquisition of the plant, and a communications network connecting the plant-level control system, the supervisory system, and plant devices is described. Methods of controlling a PV plant using the plant-level control system and the supervisory system and methods of regulating power characteristics in power generation sites are also described.