System and Method for Energy Distribution

摘要

A Dispatch Planner (DP) is a component in an Energy System Controller that controls the operation of energy resources interconnected into one energy system to provide optimal energy management for a customer. In one embodiment, the energy storage system includes an electric load, dispatchable sources of energy such as an electrical grid, diesel generators, combined heat and power generators; renewable sources of energy such as photo-voltaic cells and wind turbines; and stored energy resources such as electrochemical batteries or pumped hydro reserves.

主权项

1. A method of controlling energy generation and distribution comprising:
receiving with a controller first prediction data corresponding to available power generated from a renewable energy resource over a predetermined first time period and second prediction data corresponding to power demand for at least one load over the predetermined first time period; generating with the controller a first constraint model corresponding to power generation capacity of the renewable energy resource over the predetermined first time period with reference to the first prediction data; generating with the controller a second constraint model corresponding to power demand of the at least one load over the predetermined first time period with reference to the second prediction data; generating with the controller a first plurality of power control commands with reference to the first constraint model and the second constraint model, the first plurality of power control commands being generated to control operation of the renewable energy resource within constraints in the first constraint model to supply power to the at least one load within constraints in the second constraint model over the predetermined first time period; and operating with the controller the renewable energy resource with reference to the first plurality of power control commands to adjust a level of power output from the renewable energy resource within a first plurality of constraints in the first constraint model to provide power to the at least one load within a second plurality of constraints in the second constraint model.