| CPC B60L 53/68 (2019.02) [B60L 53/60 (2019.02); B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 58/16 (2019.02); H02J 3/322 (2020.01); H02J 7/00034 (2020.01)] | 7 Claims |
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1. A power management system comprising:
a plurality of power storages; and
a server,
each of the plurality of power storages carrying out at least one of external charging and external power feed, the external charging being charging of the power storage with electric power supplied from outside, the external power feed being supply of electric power from the power storage to outside,
the server including
a selector that selects at least one of the plurality of power storages,
a scheduler that makes a schedule for the selected power storage, and
a request processor that requests a user of the selected power storage to control at least one of the external charging and the external power feed in accordance with the made schedule in exchange for an incentive, wherein
the server
obtains for each power storage, desire information that indicates at least one of a first desire level and a second desire level, the first desire level indicating a level of user's desire for suppression of deterioration of the power storage, the second desire level indicating a level of user's desire for acquisition of the incentive for meeting a request, the incentive being a unit price, and
carries out at least one of selection of the power storage and making of the schedule based on the obtained desire information, and
wherein when the selector selects vehicles including a first vehicle that places a priority on a battery life and a second vehicle that places a priority on the incentive, the scheduler sets a charging schedule for the second vehicle to precede a charging schedule for the first vehicle, wherein
when the selector selects a power storage of which a user is requested to carry out external power feed by the request processor, the selector preferentially sequentially selects the power storage higher in the first desire level or the power storage lower in the second desire level from among power storages that satisfy a prescribed condition, the prescribed condition including at least one of a state of charge of the power storage being equal to or larger than a prescribed value or a temperature of the power storage being equal to or larger than a second prescribed value,
the server manages for each user, the unit price of the incentive given to the user that meets the request from the request processor, and increases the unit price of the incentive for the user lower in the first desire level or the user higher in the second desire level,
the plurality of power storages are mounted on a plurality of vehicles, respectively,
the power management system further comprises:
a plurality of power facilities electrically connectable to the plurality of vehicles; and
a power grid that supplies electric power to each of the plurality of power facilities, and
the request processor transmits a signal to at least one of communication equipment mounted on a vehicle and a portable terminal carried by a user of the vehicle, the signal requesting the user of the vehicle to control at least one of the external charging and the external power feed in accordance with the schedule.
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