Patent ID: 11876375
Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A power grid restoration system, comprising:
a hybrid power plant configured to provide electrical power to a power grid, the hybrid power plant comprising:
a power plant configured to generate electrical power with a power drive;
a battery energy storage system configured to receive and store electrical power from the power plant, wherein the battery energy storage system is configured to release the electrical power during block loading of the power grid; and
a controller coupled to the power plant and to the battery energy storage system, wherein the controller is configured to control charging of the battery energy storage system with the power plant and to control the release of a first block load of electrical power from the battery energy storage system and the power plant while block loading the power grid during a black grid restoration.