ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,712, issued on June 16, was assigned to ElektrikGreen Inc. (Lyons, Colo.).

"Autonomous power generation system" was invented by Christopher N. Allo (Lyons, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and apparatus for generating green electrical power. A modified grid-tie configuration is provided in which electrical power is supplied to a load from a utility grid source and a photovoltaic (PV) source (e.g. solar panels). A grid-tie inverter generates alternating current (AC) power from the PV source that is phase aligned with AC power from the grid. In the event of a grid outage, a specially configured transfer switch disconnects th...