US 11,909,208 B2
Capacity estimator for an energy generation and/or storage system
Ayyapu Reddy Pallam, Bangalore (IN); Sandeep Chandran, Telangana (IN); Rishabh Goel, Haryana (IN); Samuel Mattathil Joseph, Karnataka (IN); Sumit Saraogi, Freemont, CA (US); Ashish Bansal, Karnataka (IN); Jayant Somani, Saratoga, CA (US); Badrinarayanan Kothandaraman, Fremont, CA (US); Ankit Prakash Gupta, Bangalore (IN); and Jan Spencer Rosen, Vista, CA (US)
Assigned to Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US)
Filed by Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/351,470.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/084,827, filed on Sep. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/041,102, filed on Jun. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0399547 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02S 50/10 (2014.01); H02S 40/32 (2014.01); G01J 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/004 (2020.01) [G01J 1/18 (2013.01); H02S 40/32 (2014.12); H02S 50/10 (2014.12); F24S 2201/00 (2018.05); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Apparatus for estimating capacity of a system including an energy generation system, an energy storage system, or both comprising:
one or more processors coupled to one or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the operations comprising:
receiving indicium of a location for installation of the system;
receiving indicium of facility size;
determining an initial estimate of energy capacity of the system based, at least in part, upon the indicium of location and the indicium of facility size;
generating and displaying a bill of particulars comprising a listing of components required to meet an estimated capacity of a modeled system;
enabling a user to adjust at least one parameter of the modeled system comprising at least one of:
a facility size;
an amount of daily energy consumed by a facility to be powered by the system;
a duration of a backup to be supplied by the energy storage system;
an initial estimate of energy capacity of solar energy generation and/or capacity of energy storage;
determining an updated estimate of capacity of the system based, at least in part, upon the adjusted at least one parameter.