公开(公告)号：US20150269664A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-24

申请号：US14466788

申请日：2014-08-22

申请人： Opower, Inc.

发明人： John Morgan McLellan Davidson

IPC分类号： G06Q40/00 ,  G06Q50/06

CPC分类号： G06Q40/00 ,  G06Q50/06 ,  Y04S10/58

摘要： Techniques for solar panel wattage determination are provided. A computing device can determine a potential wattage output of a candidate solar panel array using insolation data for a corresponding geographic region, and determine potential energy consumption for a property of a utility customer in the corresponding geographic region using usage data from the property. The computing device can adjust a size of the candidate solar panel array to vary the potential wattage output, and apply a different rate plan to the potential energy consumption for each adjustment to the potential wattage output. The computing device can determine that one of the wattage output adjustments yields a cost efficiency metric that is less than a predetermined threshold. In turn, the computing device provides a notification of the candidate solar panel array corresponding to the cost efficiency metric being less than the predetermined threshold as a recommendation to the corresponding utility customer.

摘要翻译： 提供太阳能电池板功率测定技术。 计算设备可以使用用于相应地理区域的日照数据来确定候选太阳能电池板阵列的潜在功率输出，并且使用来自该属性的使用数据来确定相应地理区域中的公用事业用户的财产的潜在能量消耗。 计算设备可以调整候选太阳能电池板阵列的尺寸以改变潜在的功率输出，并且对于潜在功率输出的每次调整对潜在的能量消耗应用不同的速率计划。 计算设备可以确定功率输出调整中的一个产生小于预定阈值的成本效率度量。 反过来，计算设备提供对应于成本效率度量小于预定阈值的候选太阳能电池板阵列的通知作为对相应公用事业客户的推荐。