Patent ID: 8249902
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: G06Q,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: collecting operating data from a plurality of previously installed residential solar power stations associated with a plurality of customers across a network in at least one server, the plurality of solar power stations having a plurality of different solar power station configurations, the operating data specifying an operating performance of each solar power station including solar power output measurements of each of the plurality of solar power stations, wherein each residential solar power station is owned and operated by a system integrator for a specific lease period and the system integrator sells energy created by each residential solar power system to each customer associated with each residential solar power station at an agreed upon rate; analyzing the operating data on the at least one server to produce a plurality of forecast models for the plurality of different solar power station configurations, wherein the forecast models specify energy production capabilities of the plurality of different solar power station configurations under a plurality of different operating conditions; sending one or more of the forecast models from the at least one server to a portable computer; demonstrating the one or more forecast models to a user using the portable computer for installing a new residential solar power station for the user that will be owned and operated by the system integrator for a lease period; and generating, by the portable computer, pricing estimates for particular energy production needs of the user using the forecast models and predefined pricing formulas for selling energy created by the new residential solar power station to the user.