Abstract: A system for providing a restoration reserve power for a power grid including distributed energy resources controlled by at least one control center via control downlinks and adapted to communicate with said control center via communication uplinks, wherein at least one control center is configured to sort the energy resources by characteristics of the links and to provide the restoration reserve power to the power grid by activating sequentially the sorted energy resources starting with energy resources having links providing a short reaction time.

Abstract: A system for efficient charging of distributed vehicle batteries of vehicles, wherein each vehicle battery is connectable to a battery charger connected to a power supply grid via an electromechanical switch of a switching battery controller communicating with a control center of the system, wherein the control center is adapted to provide a switching schedule for the electromechanical switch of the respective switching battery controller on the basis of power absorption predictions calculated by said control center for the switching battery controllers in response to power measurements reported by the switching battery controllers and on the basis of power absorption schedules and/or power generation schedules of energy resources of said power supply grid.

Abstract: A regulating system that in the event of a deviation from the nominal grid frequency provides a balancing power for an electrical power grid that is operated at a nominal grid frequency, wherein the regulating system comprises: multiple energy storage system units that are connected by an inverter to the electrical power grid and comprise an energy storage device; and a control center that divides into sub-frequency intervals a frequency deviation interval that lies between a minimum grid frequency and a maximum grid frequency about the nominal grid frequency and, in dependence upon the states of charge of the energy storage devices allocates different energy storage system units, ESS, to each sub-frequency interval so as to form an ESS cluster for the respective sub-frequency interval.

Abstract: A system for providing a primary control power (PCP) for a power grid (PG) by at least one energy storage device (ESD) comprising an energy resource controller (ERC) connected to said energy storage device (ESD), wherein said energy resource controller (ERC) has a state of charge control unit (SOC-CU) adapted to perform a state of charge (SOC) power control of the energy storage device (ESD) to avoid inadmissible state of charge states of the energy storage device (ESD) caused by a stochastic demand for primary control power (PCP) by said power grid (PG).

Abstract: A power system for providing a grid service to a power grid, said power system comprising: an energy resource controller (ERC) adapted to monitor a state of charge (SOC) of at least one energy storage device (ESD), wherein said energy resource controller (ERC) adjusts in a normal operation mode (NM) a power supplied by the energy storage device (ESD) to said power grid (PG) or a power received by the energy storage device (ESD) from said power grid (PG) in response to grid parameters or remotely generated control signals to stabilize said power grid (PG), wherein if the monitored state of charge (SOC) of said energy storage device (ESD) exceeds an upper state of charge limit (SOC-H) the energy resource controller (ERC) connects in a power absorption mode (PAM) a power absorbing load (PAL) to said power grid as long as the grid parameters or remotely generated control signals indicate that power is to be removed from said power grid (PG).

Abstract: The invention substantially relates to a method, wherein operational control parameters and/or control limits, which are to be conveyed using communications technology, are determined on the operator side for each of the distributed storage devices in such a way that a specific cost function is minimal for all of the distributed storage devices on the basis of locally measured variables determined at the respective storage device and transmitted to the operator and on the basis of installation-dependent control limits stored locally in each case and which are also transmitted to the operator, and wherein the operational control parameters and/or control limits, which are to be conveyed using communications technology, are transmitted from the operator side to the corresponding distributed storage devices and implemented there.

Abstract: The invention essentially relates to a facility for charge current control of storage units in an electrical energy supply grid including, among others, distributed generators and distributed storage units, in which a logic unit is present such that, a storage charge current value can be determined for the storage unit as a function of control variables transferred via a communication system of measurement variables determined at the storage and of locally held internal control variables. This represents an important component for achieving the optimum possible overall utilization of the distributed and multiple-use energy storage.

Abstract: The invention substantially relates to a method, wherein operational control parameters and/or control limits, which are to be conveyed using communications technology, are determined on the operator side for each of the distributed storage devices in such a way that a specific cost function is minimal for all of the distributed storage devices on the basis of locally measured variables determined at the respective storage device and transmitted to the operator and on the basis of installation-dependent control limits stored locally in each case and which are also transmitted to the operator, and wherein the operational control parameters and/or control limits, which are to be conveyed using communications technology, are transmitted from the operator side to the corresponding distributed storage devices and implemented there.

Abstract: A power system for providing a grid service to a power grid, said power system comprising: an energy resource controller (ERC) adapted to monitor a state of charge (SOC) of at least one energy storage device (ESD), wherein said energy resource controller (ERC) adjusts in a normal operation mode (NM) a power supplied by the energy storage device (ESD) to said power grid (PG) or a power received by the energy storage device (ESD) from said power grid (PG) in response to grid parameters or remotely generated control signals to stabilize said power grid (PG), wherein if the monitored state of charge (SOC) of said energy storage device (ESD) exceeds an upper state of charge limit (SOC-H) the energy resource controller (ERC) connects in a power absorption mode (PAM) a power absorbing load (PAL) to said power grid as long as the grid parameters or remotely generated control signals indicate that power is to be removed from said power grid (PG).

Abstract: Method and apparatus for performing a local control of an energy resource An energy resource controller (ERC) of an energy resource (ER) within an energy management system of a power supply grid (PSG), wherein said energy resource controller (ERC) is adapted to monitor a communication link (CL) to a control unit (CU) of said energy management system and to emulate after a loss or limitation of communication via said communication link (CL) has been detected a continued reception of control parameters and/or control limits from said control unit (CU) to perform a local control of the associated energy resource (ER) on the basis of the emulated control parameters and/or control limits according to an applied energy management policy (EMP).