US 12,244,147 B1
Twin-configurable architecture renewable power plant for high capacity factor servicing of controllable loads
Thomas Buttgenbach, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to 1st Avenue Nova, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by 1st Avenue Nova, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/792,847.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/645,837, filed on May 10, 2024.
Int. Cl. H02J 3/12 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/12 (2013.01) [H02J 3/32 (2013.01); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02J 3/003 (2020.01); H02J 3/004 (2020.01); H02J 2203/10 (2020.01); H02J 2300/10 (2020.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01); H02J 2300/40 (2020.01); H02J 2310/52 (2020.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
at least one renewable energy source (RES) configured to electrically couple to a grid interconnection point of an electric grid, an aggregated alternating current (AC) power output capacity of the at least one RES exceeding a point of grid interconnect (POGI) limit of the grid interconnection point;
at least one energy storage system (ESS) that is electrically coupled to the grid interconnection point and the at least one RES and that has an aggregated power capacity that is less than the aggregated AC power output capacity of the at least one RES;
and
a controller that is communicatively coupled with at least one controllable load (CL), the at least one ESS, and the at least one RES, the controller configured to control a net load profile of the at least one CL such that the net load profile of the at least one CL includes at least one value between a maximum net load value and a minimum net load value of the at least one CL, the controller further configured to:
provide a first instruction to at least one of the at least one RES or the at least one ESS to provide a first portion of electric power generated by the at least one RES or stored by the at least one ESS to the at least one CL up to an aggregated power demand;
provide a second instruction to at least one of the at least one RES or the at least one ESS to provide a second portion of electric power to the electric grid in response to (A) electric power generated by the at least one RES exceeding an aggregated power capacity and the aggregated power demand, or (B) the controller, using a predictive algorithm and power data, determining that a grid condition exists in a power system forecast; and
in response to determining that the grid condition exists without the electric power generated by the at least one RES exceeding the aggregated power capacity and the aggregated power demand, providing a third instruction to the at least one CL to one of increase or decrease a power demand at the at least one CL.