Patents by Inventor Sandy MacDonald

Sandy MacDonald has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Wind power management system and method
    Patent number: 6925385
    Abstract: According to certain disclosed embodiments of the invention, there is provided a wind power management system to monitor performance of wind turbine generators situated in wind farms, each having a number of wind turbine generators. A real-time wind power portfolio manager receives and stores in real-time data being produced by the wind turbine generator parks. The manager has a reporting module for generating profile reports for the performance of the wind turbine generators. The manager has a server to provide the reports on-line regarding the wind turbine generators. The server stores the real-time data to enable the reports to be based on the history of the project for each one of the parks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: SeaWest Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Soumen Ghosh, John W. Goins, Thomas Hedgepeth, Sandy MacDonald, David C. Roberts, John L. Shireling
  • Wind power management system and method
    Publication number: 20040230377
    Abstract: According to certain disclosed embodiments of the invention, there is provided a wind power management system to monitor performance of wind turbine generators situated in wind farms, each having a number of wind turbine generators. A real-time wind power portfolio manager receives and stores in real-time data being produced by the wind turbine generator parks. The manager has a reporting module for generating profile reports for the performance of the wind turbine generators. The manager has a server to provide the reports on-line regarding the wind turbine generators. The server stores the real-time data to enable the reports to be based on the history of the project for each one of the parks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: SeaWest Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Soumen Ghosh, John W. Goins, Thomas Hedgepeth, Sandy MacDonald, David C. Roberts, John L. Shireling