Patent ID: 11862980
Assignee: 8ME NOVA, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. A method comprising:
calculating, by an add-on renewable power plant (ARPP) controller, a difference based on a legacy renewable power plant (LRPP) interconnection infrastructure transmission capacity and an indication of an LRPP power output received from an LRPP controller, wherein the LRPP controller adjusts inverter setpoints for an LRPP RES independent of the ARPP controller based on the LRPP power output, the LRPP power output indicating an amount of power the LRPP is currently outputting;
directly adjusting, by a controller of an add-on renewable power plant (ARPP), a renewable energy source (RES) inverter setpoint of an RES inverter coupled to an RES of the ARPP and directly adjusting, by the ARPP controller, an energy storage system (ESS) inverter setpoint of an ESS inverter coupled to an ESS of the ARPP to control an ARPP output to be substantially equal to the difference, wherein the ARPP is connected to the LRPP interconnection infrastructure, and wherein an output capacity of the RES is sized based on the LRPP interconnection infrastructure transmission capacity and an LRPP power output profile, and a storage capacity of the ESS is sized based on the LRPP interconnection infrastructure transmission capacity and the LRPP power output profile.