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Patent No.:

US 9921339 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2015

Apparatus and method for solar energy resource micro-forecasts for solar generation sources and utilities

Applicant:

Stc.unm, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Inventors:

Anthony Robert Menicucci, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Thomas P. Caudell, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Andrea A. Mammoli, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Assignee:

STC.UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Attorneys:

Nathaniel A. Gilder

Jensen & Puntigam, PS

Primary Examiner:

Joseph Chang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/00 (2006.01); G01W 1/10 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/04 (2012.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/10 (2013.01); G01J 5/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/04 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H02J 3/00 (2013.01); H02J 3/383 (2013.01); H02J 2003/007 (2013.01); Y02E 10/563 (2013.01); Y02E 60/76 (2013.01); Y04S 10/54 (2013.01); Y04S 40/22 (2013.01); Y10T 307/533 (2015.04); Y10T 307/604 (2015.04);
Abstract

The present invention is an apparatus and method of forecasting solar energy irradiance potential and subsequent photovoltaic output in a region. The apparatus and method includes collecting meteorological data for a given region and then estimating irradiance levels using parameters collected from the meteorological data. Solar energy production is then simulated using the collected meteorological data, estimated irradiance levels, and physical characteristics of a solar generating system in the given region at a predetermined time.

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Menicucci, Anthony. (2018). Apparatus and method for solar energy resource micro-forecasts for solar generation sources and utilities (U.S. Patent No. 9921339). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9921339

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