US 12,334,744 B2
Renewable energy system with tunable variability
Thomas Buttgenbach, Santa Monica, CA (US); Lukas Mercer Hansen, El Dorado Hills, CA (US); Michael Healy, Santa Monica, CA (US); Gautham Ramesh, Emeryville, CA (US); Finbar Sheehy, San Francisco, CA (US); and Carl Stills, Brawley, CA (US)
Assigned to 8ME NOVA, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by 8ME NOVA, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/589,749.
Prior Publication US 2023/0246453 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 3/46 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/46 (2013.01) [H02J 3/32 (2013.01); H02J 2300/22 (2020.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining a first demand variability of an electrical grid load;
determining a second demand variability of an energy-consuming load;
determining a predicted power output of a renewable energy system (RES);
establishing a prioritization order for the electrical grid load and the energy-consuming load by selecting one of the electrical grid load and the energy-consuming load based on the first and second demand variabilities;
setting a power receiving threshold for the selected load for a duration of a month based on the prioritization order and the predicted power output of the RES and independent of a demand variability of the selected load, wherein the power receiving threshold represents a maximum amount of power to be delivered to the selected load throughout the duration of the month;
during the duration of the month, directing a first amount of power from an RES output to the selected load based on the power receiving threshold, wherein the first amount of power has a substantially flat profile and a variability schedule with a variance of nearly zero; and
during the duration of the month, directing a second amount of power from the RES output to the unselected load based on the power receiving threshold and the power output of the RES.