US 12,348,032 B2
Apparatus enabling interactions between actors of an energy-related infrastructure
Efrain Eduardo Tamayo Ruiz, London (GB); Gabriele Meldaikyte, London (GB); and Nao Saito, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/696,039.
Claims priority of application No. 21163217 (EP), filed on Mar. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0302750 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 13/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01)
CPC H02J 13/00034 (2020.01) [G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H02J 13/00001 (2020.01); H02J 13/00002 (2020.01); H02J 13/00004 (2020.01); H02J 2300/40 (2020.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus enabling interactions between actors of energy-related infrastructure, which comprises a platform device that includes:
one or more input/output units, which are configured to perform at least one of transmitting data from the platform to actors or receiving data from the actors;
a data gathering module; and
a first actor support module,
wherein the data gathering module is configured to
receive operational data (OD) from one or more of the actors,
provide the OD to the first actor support module that is configured to generate operational information (recommendation) data (OID) based on the OD, and
transmit the OID to a group of one or more first actors, which are at least one of energy generators, energy consumers, or energy system operators, and
wherein the OID includes at least one of control instructions, recommendations for reducing the generation, recommendations regarding consumption of greenhouse gas, or recommendations for increasing green energy,
wherein the OID includes system constraints comprising at least one of: power limitations, maximum power generation, minimum power demands, power line capacity, voltage control, and reverse powerflow constraints, and
wherein the OID includes an energy coloring scheme that indicates eco-friendliness of energy sources on a scale from dark green for renewable energy to light green or orange for partially carbon-based energy sources.