Patent ID: 7813814

Claim:
A distributed generation system, comprising: a first power generation unit, the first power generation unit comprising a first control interface, the first control interface configured to control a power generation of the first power generation unit, the first power generation unit being a structure able to generate power; a second power generation unit, the second power generation unit comprising a second control interface, the second control interface configure to control a power generation of the second power generation unit, the second power generation unit being another structure able to generate power; a central controller comprising a strategy module and a control module, the central controller is configured to communicate a first control command to the first control interface and to communicate a second control command to the second control interface; and the strategy module is configure to determine a first power output of the first power generation unit and a second power output of the second power generation unit based on a tariff structure, a first unit capacity, a second unit capacity, a first unit availability and a second unit availability, the first power output of the first power generation unit being a first targeted power production level of the first power generation unit and the second power output of the second power generation unit being a second targeted power production level of the second power generation unit, the first unit availability being based on whether the first power generation unit may be utilized to produce power and the second unit availability being based on whether the second power generation unit may be utilized to produce power; wherein the first control command is based on the first power output of the first power generation unit; wherein the second control command is based on the second power output of the second power generation unit.