Energy-Use Internet and Friendly Interaction with Power Grid: A Perspective

Abstract

The new round of Internet era will completely change the way of energy consumption and greatly improve the efficiency of energy utilization. It is imperative to integrate the energy industrial Internet with the widely known consumption Internet. In order to improve energy efficiency and introduce market competition mechanism, the concept of Energy-Use Internet (EUI) has been proposed in this paper. Within the scope of EUI, energy suppliers, energy service providers, energy aggregators and energy consumers are collectively referred to as energy elements. These energy elements with trading and circulation functions are regarded as the basis of EUI. Using the Internet thinking for reference, a fair and free energy service and trading platform needs to be constructed. The friendly interaction mechanism between EUI and power grid has been extensively studied, mainly focusing on interaction mode, business mode, and regulation from grid company. Finally, some key technologies to realize the perspective of EUI and interaction with power grid are discussed.