Patent ID: 7406364
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: G06Q,H02J,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method to calculate energy demand in an energy generation, transmission and distribution network, comprising one or more power plants based on different energy source types including renewable energy, a communications system and one or more local consumption metering units, the method comprising: providing a customer demand profile for one or more customers, registering a customer-specified proportion of power demand to be supplied from a given energy source type and a given supplier, registering a customer-specified maximum cost price profile, calculating a total predicted energy demand dependent in part on an accumulated demand for the given energy source type and the given supplier, determining available energy source types, demands for the available energy source types and cost price of energy for the available energy source types, and supplying energy to the one or more customers based on the customer demand profile, customer-specified proportion of power demand, customer maximum cost price profile, calculated total predicted energy demand, available energy source types, demands for the available energy source types and cost price of energy for the available energy source types.