METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS FOR A SOLAR POWER SYSTEM

摘要

A configuration engine traverses sequential levels of a decision tree in order to iteratively refine a configuration for a solar power system. At each level of the decision tree, the configuration engine determines the outcome of a design decision based on computing the result of a value function. The configuration engine explores configurations that optimize the value function result compared to other configurations, and may also discard less optimal configurations. When a current configuration is considered less optimal than a previous configuration generated at a previous level, the configuration engine discards the current configuration and re-traverses the decision tree starting with the previous configuration.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for generating a solar power system configuration by traversing a decision tree that includes a sequence of levels, each level in the sequence of levels corresponding to a different design decision associated with the solar power system, the method comprising:
receiving site data that describes constraints associated with a target installation location for a solar power system; generating an initial solar power system configuration based on the site data; and generating the solar power system configuration by refining the initial solar power system configuration at each level in the sequence of levels while traversing the decision tree, wherein refining the initial solar power system configuration at a given level in the sequence of levels comprises determining an outcome to a design decision that is associated with the solar power system and corresponds to the given level by computing the result of a value function.