IP Library Granted Patent US 9,052,732
Granted Patent B2
US 9,052,732 · App. 14/471,723 · Granted Jun 9, 2015

Aggregator, monitor, and manager of distributed micro-generators

Inventors: David Ippolito (Glen Mills, PA); Peter Cona (Chadds Ford, PA)
Assignee: Versify Solutions, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 9,052,732
App. No.
14/471,723
Granted
Jun 9, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system includes a processor and a non-transitory data storage device that contains instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions include an aggregator of distributed micro-generator energy sources capable of delivering an energy source to a power grid; a monitor of the distributed micro-generator energy sources, wherein the monitor communicates micro-generator energy usage data with a wholesale power producer and a microgenerator asset owner; and a portfolio optimizer of the distributed micro-generator energy sources, wherein the portfolio optimizer facilitates commercialization of the distributed micro-generator energy sources, wherein the monitor tracks and reports micro-generator energy source use by a wholesale power producer; and wherein assigning a specific one of the micro-generator energy sources to a wholesale power producer causes energy to be delivered to a wholesale power market via a wholesale power grid.

Claims (22)

1. A system comprising a processor and a non-transitory data storage device that contains instructions when executed by the processor comprising:

an aggregator of distributed micro-generator energy sources capable of delivering an energy source to a power grid;

a monitor of the distributed micro-generator energy sources, wherein the monitor communicates micro-generator energy usage data with a wholesale power producer and a microgenerator asset owner; and

a portfolio optimizer of the distributed micro-generator energy sources, wherein the portfolio optimizer facilitates commercialization of the distributed micro-generator energy sources,

wherein the monitor tracks and reports micro-generator energy source use by a wholesale power producer; and

wherein assigning a specific one of the micro-generator energy sources to a wholesale power producer causes energy to be delivered to a wholesale power market via a wholesale power grid.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the optimizer optimizes micro-generator energy source usage.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the optimization is executed according to a market condition.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the optimization is executed according to a micro-generator energy source asset mix.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the optimizer suggests an allocation of micro-generator energy sources.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the optimizer develops a bid and an offer price for energy trading in an energy trading market.

7. A computer-implemented method performed by a processor and a nontransitory data storage device that contains instructions executed by the processor, said method comprising:

aggregating, by the processor, distributed micro-generator energy sources capable of delivering an energy source to a power grid;

monitoring the distributed micro-generator energy sources by communicating micro-generator energy usage data with a wholesale power producer and a micro-generator asset owner; and

optimizing the distributed micro-generator energy sources by facilitating control of a micro-generator energy source by assigning a specific one of the micro-generator energy sources to a wholesale power producer,

wherein the monitoring further includes tracking and reporting micro-generator energy source use by the wholesale power producer; and

wherein assigning a specific micro-generator energy source to the wholesale power producer causes energy to be delivered to a wholesale power market via a wholesale power grid.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the optimizing further comprises optimizing micro-generator energy source usage.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the optimizing is executed according to a market condition.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the optimizing is executed according to a micro-generator energy source asset mix.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the optimizing further comprises suggesting an allocation of micro-generator energy sources.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the optimizing further comprises developing a bid and an offer price for energy trading in an energy trading market.

Assignments (6)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2025
From: MCG VERSIFY ACQUISITION LLC
To: CAPITAL FINANCE ADMINISTRATION, LLC
Reel/Frame 070660/0280 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2024
From: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK FORMERLY BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: VERSIFY SOLUTIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 069431/0439 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2021
From: VERSIFY SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: MCG VERSIFY ACQUISITION, LLC
Reel/Frame 056010/0421 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2021
From: WHITE OAK GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: MCG ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC; MCG ACQUISITION CO., LLC; MCG ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC; MCG VERSIFY ACQUISITION, LLC
Reel/Frame 055790/0624 →
AMENDED AND RESTATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 8, 2019
From: MCG ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC; MCG ACQUISITION CO., LLC; MCG VERSIFY ACQUISITION, LLC; MCG ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC
To: WHITE OAK GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 049115/0554 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2015
From: VERSIFY SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 035973/0474 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 13556535 · Jul 24, 2012
Continuation 12492012 · Jun 25, 2009
Provisional Application 61075742 · Jun 25, 2008
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