US Patent Issued to VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS on Sept. 30 for "Auxiliary power system control in hybrid power plants" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,715, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S (Aarhus N, Denmark).

"Auxiliary power system control in hybrid power plants" was invented by Chunyang Zhao (Aarhus N, Denmark) and Mu Wei (Solbjerg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to embodiments described herein control of the auxiliary power system in a hybrid power plant is provided by determining a grid-draw threshold from an external power grid; monitoring power consumption for powered systems of the hybrid power plant; monitoring power generation of the hybrid power plant; discharging an alternative power source of one or more of an Energy Storag...