Transport energy transfer using real-time cost information
An example operation includes one or more of receiving, at a charging station, a first amount of energy from a transport at a first level and at a time and providing, at the charging station, a second amount of energy to the transport at a level less than the first level at another time.
1 . A method, comprising:
identifying, by a charging station, that a current real-time unit cost of a second amount of energy to be provided to a transport at a second time, which is after a first time, is greater than a unit cost of a first amount of energy provided to the charging station at the first time, the unit cost being the cost of the first amount of energy at the first time; and
transferring, by a charging station, the second amount of energy to the transport at the second time at the unit cost of the first amount of energy.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining the second amount of energy to provide to the transport at the second time based on the first amount of energy.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing, by the charging station, the second amount of energy to the transport in response to a current cost of energy from a power grid being greater than a cost of energy of the first amount of energy.
4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying that the transport provided the first amount of energy to a different charging station at the first time based on information received from the different charging station, wherein the information comprises an identifier of the transport, a value of the first time, and a level of the first amount of energy.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the current real-time unit cost of the second amount of energy at the second time is less than the unit cost of the first amount of energy.
6 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
creating a first blockchain transaction to record the first amount of energy;
creating a second blockchain transaction to record the second amount of energy; and
validating, by a peer group comprising the transport and the charging station, the first blockchain transaction and the second blockchain transaction.
7 . The method of claim 6 , comprising:
committing the first blockchain transaction and the second blockchain transaction to a shared ledger.
8 . A charging station for a transport, the charging station comprising:
a processor that, when executing one or more instructions stored in an associated memory, is configured to:
identify that a current real-time unit cost of a second amount of energy to be provided to a transport at a second time, which is after a first time, is greater than a unit cost of a first amount of energy provided to the charging station at the first time, the unit cost being the cost of the first amount of energy at the first time; and
transfer the second amount of energy to the transport at the second time at the unit cost associated with the first amount of energy.
9 . The charging station of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine the second amount of energy to provide to the transport at the second time based on the first amount of energy.
10 . The charging station of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
cause the charging station to provide the second amount of energy to the transport in response to a current cost of energy from a power grid that is greater than a cost of energy of the first amount of energy.
11 . The charging station of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify that the transport provided the first amount of energy to a different charging station at the first time based on information received from the different charging station, wherein the information comprises an identifier of the transport, a value of the first time, and a level of the first amount of energy.
12 . The charging station of claim 8 , wherein the current real-time unit cost of the second amount of energy at the second time is less than the unit cost of the first amount of energy.
13 . The charging station of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
create a first blockchain transaction to record the first amount of energy;
create a second blockchain transaction to record the second amount of energy; and
validate the first blockchain transaction and the second blockchain transaction.
14 . The charging station of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
commit the first blockchain transaction and the second blockchain transaction to a shared ledger.
15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
identifying, by a charging station, that a current real-time unit cost of a second amount of energy to be provided to a transport at a second time, which is after a first time, is greater than a unit cost of a first amount of energy provided to the charging station at the first time, the unit cost being the cost of the first amount of energy at the first time; and
transferring, by a charging station, the second amount of energy to the transport at the second time at the unit cost of the first amount of energy.
16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:
determining the second amount of energy to provide to the transport at the second time based on the first amount of energy.
17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:
causing the charging station to provide the second amount of energy to the transport in response to a current cost of energy from a power grid being greater than a cost of energy of the first amount of energy.
18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:
identifying that the transport provided the first amount of energy to a different charging station at the first time based on information received from the different charging station, wherein the information comprises an identifier of the transport, a value of the first time, and a level of the first amount of energy.
19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the current real-time unit cost of the second amount of energy at the second time is less than the unit cost of the first amount of energy.
20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:
creating a first blockchain transaction to record the first amount of energy;
creating a second blockchain transaction to record the second amount of energy; and
validating the first blockchain transaction and the second blockchain transaction.