Patent ID: 7353083

Claim:
A power generation system to generate and store power, comprising: a vanadium redox battery to absorb power and generate battery power; a wind turbine generator to generate wind power responsive to wind currents; a fuel generator to generate fuel power responsive to consumed fuel; and a control system in electrical communication with the vanadium redox battery to control power absorption and generation, in electrical communication with the wind turbine generator, and in electrical communication with the fuel generator to control fuel power generation, the control system including, a processor, and a memory in electrical communication with the processor and having a control program, the control program performing the method of, monitoring a system load, monitoring generated wind power, determining a system stability, and based on the monitored system load and generated wind power, improving fuel usage and maintaining the system stability by instructing the vanadium redox battery to selectively absorb at least a portion of the fuel power from the fuel generator, instructing the vanadium redox battery to selectively absorb at least a portion of the wind power from the wind turbine generator, instructing the vanadium redox battery to selectively generate the battery power, and instructing the fuel generator to selectively generate the fuel power.