Patent ID: 8606416
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G06Q,H02J,Y02E,Y02P,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling an electricity generating system that includes a plurality of intermittent energy source generating plants, the method comprising: calculating an actual operating parameter of at least a first intermittent energy source generating plant; calculating a forecast operating parameter of at least the first intermittent energy source generating plant; determining a confidence interval for total production of a group of intermittent energy source generating plants; generating an intermittent energy source contingency definition for a sum production of said group of intermittent energy source generating plants from at least one of the actual operating parameter and the forecast operating parameter, with a first contingency definition corresponding to a sum production according to a lower limit of the confidence interval, and a second contingency definition corresponding to the sum production according to an upper limit of the confidence interval; analyzing the intermittent energy source contingency definitions to provide a contingency analysis; and controlling the electricity generating system in dependence upon the contingency analysis.