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Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2012
Applicants:

Eric Daniel Carlson, San Mateo, CA (US);

Karthikeyan Varadarajan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eric Daniel Carlson, San Mateo, CA (US);

Karthikeyan Varadarajan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

SolarCity Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/32 (2013.01); B60L 11/1838 (2013.01); H02J 13/0017 (2013.01); Y02E 60/722 (2013.01); Y04S 10/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for controlling energy generation and/or storage systems. In one embodiment, a method is provided that can comprise receiving from a control server a plurality of schedules for controlling the charging and discharging of an energy storage device, where each schedule corresponds to a function that takes as input one or more input parameters and returns as output an output parameter corresponding to a power level for the energy storage device. The method can further comprise determining relative priorities for the plurality of schedules and controlling charging/discharging of the energy storage device based on the plurality of schedules and their relative priorities.


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