US 12,278,491 B2
Systems and methods for energy crowdsourcing and peer-to-peer energy trading
Shen Wang, San Antonio, TX (US); Ahmad Fayez Taha, San Antonio, TX (US); and Jianhui Wang, Dallas, TX (US)
Assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US); and Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US); and Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/688,977.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/769,377, filed on Nov. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0161858 A1, May 21, 2020
Int. Cl. H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/04 (2006.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/008 (2013.01) [H02J 3/04 (2013.01); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A crowdsourced energy system, comprising:
a power network configured to deliver energy to end users;
a system operator that distributes energy over the power network and manages energy trading transactions between itself and crowdsourcees as well as between crowdsourcees within the crowdsourced energy system;
a plurality of first distributed energy resources each configured to supply energy to the power network, the first distributed energy resources being possessed by a first type of crowdsourcees of the crowdsourced energy system but exclusively controlled by the system operator;
a plurality of second distributed energy resources each configured to supply energy to the power network, the second distributed energy resources being possessed and exclusively controlled by a second type of crowdsourcees of the crowdsourced energy system; and
at least one computing device controlled by the system operator, the computing device being configured to execute a two-phase energy management scheme, wherein the computing device is configured to, in a first phase of the energy management scheme, perform day-ahead scheduling of energy generation and supply for the first distributed energy resources possessed by the first type of crowdsourcees and, in a second phase of the energy management scheme, perform same-day adjustments to the day-ahead scheduled energy generation and supply by identifying on the same day crowdsourcees of the second type who are willing to supply energy from their second distributed energy resources to the power network.