Power Source Selection Proposals for Renewable-Hydrogen Grid Supply
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users are unable to selectively choose between power derived from renewable energy, hydrogen, and grid power, limiting the consumption of renewable energy and hindering its widespread adoption.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device and system that acquire and process power generation information from renewable, hydrogen, and grid power sources, allowing users to select the type of electric power based on their preferences and output proposal information to consumer facilities, including incentives for renewable and hydrogen power usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users are provided with only two power source options (renewable energy and grid power), then the system structure remains simple, but user choice is limited and renewable energy consumption cannot be increased
Solution Approach 1:
The power source system is segmented into multiple independent types (renewable energy power generation facilities, hydrogen power generation facilities, fuel cell facilities, and grid power facilities). Each facility type operates independently and can be selected by users based on their preferences, thereby increasing adaptability without significantly complicating the overall system structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of power generation information are acquired and processed, then user choice and renewable energy promotion are enabled, but information processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
An information processing device acts as an intermediary between multiple power generation servers and consumer facilities. This intermediary collects power generation information from various sources (renewable, hydrogen, fuel cell, grid), processes it centrally, and provides it to consumers. This approach enables comprehensive power source information availability while keeping individual consumer facility systems relatively simple.
3Ease of operation
If proposal information including power type selection is provided to consumers, then user convenience and renewable energy adoption are promoted, but information management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables consumers to autonomously select their preferred power sources by providing them with comprehensive power generation information and proposal information that includes power type selections. Consumers can make informed decisions based on the provided information without requiring complex manual intervention from the system side, thereby improving ease of operation while managing information complexity through automated information provision.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to select desired types of electric power, promoting the use of renewable and hydrogen energy by providing incentives and improving user convenience, while minimizing electricity charges.
Implementation Method 1
fuel cell information regarding power generation by a fuel cell using hydrogen fuel
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing device includes a processor configured to: acquire renewable power generation information from a renewable energy power generation server; acquire at least one of hydrogen power generation information from a hydrogen power generation server and fuel cell information; acquire grid power generation information from a grid power generation server; acquire electric power information from each of a plurality of consumer facilities in a predetermined area, the electric power information being regarding an amount of electric power consumed by the consumer facility; and generate proposal information including information on a type of electric power supplied to a predetermined consumer facility based on at least one of the renewable power generation information, the hydrogen power generation information, and the fuel cell information, the grid power generation information, and a plurality of pieces of the electric power information, and output the proposal information to the predetermined consumer facility.