Distributed Electricity Storage Credit Management Without Wheeling Charges

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional electricity deposit systems do not actually store deposited electricity, leading to high costs due to wheeling charges and limited geographical usage of stored electricity.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that manages a cumulative value of electricity assets using geographically distributed electricity storage apparatuses, allowing users to store and retrieve electricity across different locations through a communication interface and controller, utilizing virtual valuables like cryptocurrency for transactions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If electricity is deposited through conventional systems without actual storage, then the system structure remains simple, but wheeling charges increase costs and geographical usage is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem structure simplicityVSAvoiduser convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments electricity storage into multiple geographically distributed storage apparatuses rather than using a single centralized storage system. This allows users to deposit electricity at one location and withdraw at another, eliminating wheeling charges while maintaining system simplicity through modular architecture

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

An information processing apparatus acts as an intermediary between users and multiple electricity storage apparatuses. It manages the cumulative value of deposited electricity, tracks transactions, and coordinates withdrawals across different locations, enabling convenient geographical flexibility without complex direct peer-to-peer arrangements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Device complexity

If electricity is stored at one location only, then storage management is simplified, but users cannot withdraw electricity at different locations

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestorage management complexityVSAvoidgeographical usage flexibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The information processing apparatus provides universal management capabilities across multiple geographically distributed storage apparatuses. It handles depositing, withdrawal, balance tracking, and transaction coordination for all storage locations through a single interface, making the system as easy to manage as a single-location system while enabling multi-location usage

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

Multiple geographically distributed electricity storage apparatuses are merged into a unified virtual storage system managed by the information processing apparatus. Users interact with a single cumulative value representation rather than managing individual storage locations separately, achieving both simplicity and geographical flexibility

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Ease of manufacture

If conventional electricity deposit systems are used, then infrastructure requirements are minimal, but wheeling charges increase operational costs

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinfrastructure requirementsVSAvoidwheeling charges

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

Electricity is deposited into storage apparatuses in advance and held in reserve before being needed. When users require electricity, it is withdrawn directly from the storage system rather than being generated and transported in real-time, eliminating wheeling charges while maintaining minimal infrastructure

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a virtual copy of the electricity storage capability across multiple locations through the information processing apparatus. Instead of physically transporting electricity through the grid (incurring wheeling charges), the system manages virtual representations of stored electricity at different locations, allowing withdrawal at any registered location

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS20250315807A1Information processing apparatus, electricity storage system, and information processing method

Publication Date: 2025.10.09 GREENBANK CORP

AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes a memory, a communication interface, and a controller. The memory stores a cumulative value of an asset that is owned by a user and is in a predetermined form. The communication interface can communicate with a plurality of geographically distributed electricity storage apparatuses. The controller executes processing to add, to the cumulative value stored in the memory, the asset corresponding to an amount of supplied electricity supplied by the user to a first electricity storage apparatus included in the electricity storage apparatuses when acquiring the amount of supplied electricity via the communication interface, and processing to subtract, from the cumulative value, the asset corresponding to an amount of received electricity received by the user from a second electricity storage apparatus, different from the first electricity storage apparatus, included in the electricity storage apparatuses when acquiring the amount of received electricity via the communication interface.