ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,167, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to CLEANDESIGN POWER SYSTEMS INC (Toronto).
"System and method for hybrid power generation with grid connection" was invented by Memet Bilgin (Mahone Bay, Canada), Joel Donen (Burlington, Canada), Robert Adsett (Kitchener, Canada), Vince Scaini (Hamilton, Canada) and Kevin McIntyre (Beamsville, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described include hybrid power connections between a drilling rig and a power grid. A hybrid energy controller can provide the ability to connect a high horse-power micro-grid with a drilling rig to a normal utility grid and mitigate any power surges. The mi...