Patrick L Toole

US Patent:

20180089339, Mar 29, 2018

Filed:

Sep 27, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/717913

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Patrick Oliver Toole - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/50
H02S 20/23

Abstract:

A PV design system determines installation plans for installing PV panels on roofs according to design objectives. The PV design system determines installation plans by optimizing associated costs and output energy production while satisfying constraints. In one implementation, the PV design system determines a number of PV panels and a number of PV optimization modules that can be used together to output at least a desired energy output. The PV design system further determines positioning of the PV panels on roof faces of the roof, groupings of the PV panels, assignment of the PV panels to PV strings, and connection of the PV strings to the PV optimization modules.