Patent ID: 8610308

Claim:
A system capable of combining electrical power from two or more disparate power sources, the system comprising: a first stage configured to receive a plurality of inputs, each of the plurality of inputs from one of the two or more disparate power sources, a first of the two or more disparate power sources having a first load and a first power level associated therewith and a second of the two or more disparate power sources having a second load and a second power level associated therewith, the first stage providing a first DC output for each of the plurality of inputs; a power conversion stage receiving each of the first DC outputs and generating at least one DC output to one or more output terminals at a configured voltage, frequency and phase, wherein the power conversion stage further converts the first DC output from the first power source and the first DC output from the second power source into the at least one DC output in proportion to a load level and a power level of the first power source and the second power source, wherein the power conversion stage further provides an AC output at an output frequency different from frequencies of the power sources.