US Patent Issued to UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE on May 13 for "Computer-implemented method for community energy management using mixed-integer linear programming, model predictive control, non-invasive load monitoring techniques, robust forecasting models and related system" (Portuguese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,756, issued on May 13, was assigned to UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE (Faro, Portugal).

"Computer-implemented method for community energy management using mixed-integer linear programming, model predictive control, non-invasive load monitoring techniques, robust forecasting models and related system" was invented by Antonio Eduardo de Barros Ruano (Faro, Portugal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method and respective system (100) for community energy management in a community comprising energy consumers and energy producers. Such a community energy management method and system (100) allo...