Abstract: A method of collecting and redistributing energy, including receiving energy from an energy vendor at a transaction station, measuring the received energy, identifying and crediting the energy vendor, storing the received energy in an energy storage medium, identifying an energy user, dispensing energy to the energy user at a transaction station, measuring the dispensed energy, and debiting the energy user for the dispensed energy. The transaction station includes a housing, a microprocessor portion in the housing operationally connected to a computer network, an energy metering portion operationally connected to the microprocessor, an energy inlet operationally connected to the energy metering portion, an energy outlet operationally connected to the energy inlet and the energy metering portion, an energy storage operationally connected to the energy inlet and to the energy outlet, and an energy source operationally connected to the energy inlet.

Abstract: A system for automatically providing shade to a parking space and transducing incident energy into electricity for storage and redistribution, including a generally vertically extending first support member having a proximal end anchored to the ground and an oppositely positioned distal end and an energy transaction portion connected near the proximal end of the first support member, which further includes a housing, a microprocessor portion positioned in the housing and operationally connected to a computer network, an energy metering portion positioned in the housing and operationally connected to the microprocessor, an energy inlet portion operationally connected to the housing and the energy metering portion, and an energy outlet portion operationally connected to the housing and the energy metering portion.