US 11,949,231 B1
Renewable energy power plant network simulator
Lukas Hansen, El Dorado Hills, CA (US); Gautham Ramesh, Emeryville, CA (US); Philippe Garneau-Halliday, Chicago, IL (US); Kyle Monson, West Richland, WA (US); Brandon Carpenter, Burbank, WA (US); Rahul Mondal, Rancho Cordova, CA (US); and Emily Arnold, Camp Connell, CA (US)
Assigned to 8ME NOVA, LLC, El Dorado Hills, CA (US)
Filed by 8ME NOVA, LLC, El Dorado Hills, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/370,658.
Int. Cl. H02J 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 13/00002 (2020.01) [H02J 2203/20 (2020.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for optimizing a network of power plants, the system comprising:
at least one memory storing a network model of a network of power plants, the network model comprising:
a power plant model for each power plant of the network of power plants, each power plant model comprising one or more equipment models of power plant equipment of a power plant;
plant relationships between the power plant models; and
at least one processor configured to:
modify an attribute of a first equipment model included in a first power plant model of a first power plant of the network of power plants;
identify at least one plant relationship between the first power plant model and a second power plant model of a second power plant of the network of power plants;
determine an expected change in operation of the second power plant based on the modified attribute and the at least one plant relationship between the first power plant model and the second power plant model; and
generate a record comprising an indication of the expected change,
wherein the first power plant or the second power plant is configured based on the expected change in operation of the second power plant.