Patents Assigned to Western Gas and Electric, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8502129
    Abstract: Various methods and apparatus are described for an integrated remotely controlled photovoltaic system having a number of components. A central backend server management system is configured to facilitate management of two or more solar arrays at a remote site from a client device connected over a public wide area network (WAN). An integrated electronics housing contains multiple circuits, including power generation inverter circuits and solar array motion control circuits for one or more PhotoVoltaic (PV) solar arrays at the remote site. The multiple circuits cohesively exist in the integrated electronics housing and actually perform better because of the interconnectivity. The communication circuitry within the integrated electronics housing is configured to establish secure communications over the WAN with the central backend server management system. The integrated electronics housing acts as the local system control point for the first solar array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Western Gas and Electric, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Miller, Brian Hinman, Roeland Vandevelde, Hossein Kazemi