Patent ID: 11876377
Assignee: D&DPATENT AND TRADEMARK HOLDING COMPANY, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 18:
19. A method comprising:
determining, by a controller upstream of a public utility network and comprising one or more processors and a non-transitory computer readable storage media embodying software coupled to the one or more processors, whether an amount of electricity produced by one or more electricity-generating elements for producing electricity from a renewable energy source exceeds an electricity cap associated with the public utility network;
when the amount of electricity produced by the one or more electricity-generating elements exceeds the electricity cap, then directing an amount of electricity less than or equal to the electricity cap to the public utility network over a second conductive path, and direct the remaining electricity produced by the one or more electricity generating element to an energy storage system upstream of the public utility network over a third conductive path; and
when the amount of electricity produced by the one or more electricity generating elements does not exceed the electricity cap, then directing at least a portion of the electricity produced by the one or more electricity generating elements to the public utility network, wherein the controller is conductively coupled to:
a first conductive path leading from the one or more electricity generating elements upstream of the public utility network;
the second conductive path leading to the public utility network; and
the third conductive path leading to the energy storage system, wherein the energy storage system is conductively coupled to a fourth conductive path leading to the public utility network.