Internet thinking for layered energy infrastructure

Abstract

Huge shifts in the structure and functionality are brewing in the sector of power and energy with the wide deployment of renewable energy and rapid development of electricity market. Growing demand for intelligent appliances and autonomous devices poses a great challenge to the existing power-energy systems. With inspirations from the Internet, in this chapter, a layered infrastructure for the future Energy Internet system is introduced. In the meantime, the functionalities and typical application scenarios of each layer in this structure are analyzed and discussed in depth.