US 11,811,236 B1
Counter-solar power plant
Thomas Buttgenbach, Santa Monica, CA (US)
Assigned to 8ME NOVA, LLC, El Dorado Hills, CA (US)
Filed by 8ME NOVA, LLC, El Dorado Hills, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/213,422.
Application 18/213,422 is a continuation of application No. 17/873,489, filed on Jul. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,721,982.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02J 3/46 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/466 (2020.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power plant comprising:
a first power plant including a power source, an energy storage system (ESS), and a controller configured to execute instructions stored in a memory, the instructions including operations comprising:
receiving data associated with a power output of a legacy resource including a renewable power source and a transformer connected to an interconnection infrastructure by which power is delivered to an electric grid;
determining an estimated power output of the legacy resource based on the received data;
obtaining a target power delivery profile including a plurality of target power outputs each indicating a target amount of power to be delivered at different times of a time period;
determining an output of the first power plant to the transformer of the legacy resource and a charge/discharge of the ESS such that a combined output of the first power plant and the estimated power output of the legacy resource satisfies at least one of the plurality of target power outputs of the target power delivery profile throughout the time period; and
during the time period, adjusting an ESS setpoint of the ESS to achieve the determined ESS charge/discharge.