"Internet +" smart energy: This is the direction of future energy development

China Energy Storage Network News: "Internet +" smart energy has become the energy development direction promoted by the country. It is necessary to sort out these two concepts, and how the energy industry can better apply the advantages of the Internet to the industry has also become a problem that must be seriously studied and solved.

When the great development of "Internet +" meets the opportunity of industrial upgrading, how China's energy industry can seize the opportunity to upgrade and how to implement it are issues that need to be seriously studied.

1. The concept of “Internet +” smart energy

The development of "Internet +" smart energy has both a profound historical background and continuous theoretical exploration, which is first reflected in the research of related concepts. Understanding the concepts and connotations of "Internet +" and "Internet +" smart energy is the basis and prerequisite for promoting its development.

1. The profound connotation of “Internet+”.

my country's economic development has entered a new normal, and the driving force of economic growth is also undergoing profound changes. Implementing the "Internet +" action plan is an important measure to promote new advantages and new driving forces for economic development. Then, the connotation of "Internet +" is a question that experts from all walks of life and all aspects have studied and discussed. Tencent CEO and Internet leader Ma Huateng believes that "Internet +" means using the Internet platform and information and communication technology to combine the Internet with all walks of life, including traditional industries, so as to create a new ecology in new fields.

In its "Internet+" Research Report, Alibaba Research Institute pointed out that "the essence of 'Internet+' is the online and data-based transformation of traditional industries." Some professional organizations believe that "Internet+" is the diffusion and application process of a set of information technologies based on the Internet in various sectors of economic and social life. Based on the views of experts and institutions from all aspects, it is generally believed that "Internet+" is to give full play to the optimization and integration role of the Internet in the allocation of social resources, integrate the innovative achievements of the Internet into various fields of the economy and society, enhance the innovation of the whole society, and form a new form of economic development with the Internet as a tool for realization. Simply put, "Internet+" is "Internet+ various traditional industries", but this is not a simple addition of the two, but mainly refers to the use of information and communication technology and the Internet platform to allow the Internet and traditional industries to be deeply integrated in an all-round and full-system manner. It is a new form and new business form of Internet development, the evolution of the Internet form driven by the innovation of the knowledge society and the new form of economic and social development it has spawned, and the further practical results of Internet thinking. It represents an advanced productivity and promotes the continuous evolution of economic forms.

At present, "Internet +" has changed and influenced many industries. "Traditional market + Internet" has Taobao, "traditional department store + Internet" has JD.com, "traditional bank + Internet" has Alipay, "traditional matchmaker + Internet" has Jiayuan.com, and "traditional transportation + Internet" has Kuaidi Didi. In the past, the Internet was the Internet and traditional industries were traditional industries, and the two were not closely connected. Now, traditional industries need to use the Internet to drive further development, and the Internet also needs the participation of traditional industries. The Internet has become the engine for upgrading traditional industries and a powerful tool for latecomers to subvert the industry.

2. “Internet +” smart energy concept.

At present, my country's energy industry reform has entered a deep-water period, and the industry is in urgent need of transformation and upgrading in order to adjust its structure. Energy companies are hoping to achieve a new situation of reform, development and innovation with the help of "Internet +". "Internet +" smart energy is an important way to achieve transformation, upgrading and innovative development.

"Internet +" smart energy is to build a multi-type energy interconnection network with the power system as the core link, that is, to use Internet thinking and technology to transform the traditional energy industry, to achieve horizontal multi-source complementarity, vertical "source-grid-load-storage" coordination, and a new energy system with high integration of energy and information. Among them, "source" refers to primary energy such as coal, oil, natural gas, solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, and secondary energy such as electricity and gasoline; "grid" refers to energy transmission networks covering natural gas and oil pipeline networks, power networks, etc.; "load" and "storage" refer to various energy demands and storage facilities. Implement the coordinated interaction of "source-grid-load-storage" to maximize the absorption and utilization of renewable energy, realize the "clean substitution" and "electric substitution" of the entire energy network, and promote the transformation and development of the entire energy industry. "Internet +" smart energy means that the "terminal" of energy production will become more diversified, miniaturized and intelligent, the number of trading entities will be larger, and the competition will be more sufficient and transparent. Through the leap forward of distributed energy and energy information and communication technology, especially the construction of trading market platforms, a huge energy market will eventually be formed, and the energy flow will be as smooth and freely configured as the information flow.

"Internet +" smart energy will go through three stages: energy interconnection itself, mutual promotion between information Internet and energy industry, and deep integration of energy and information. First, in the interconnection stage of energy itself, a variety of energy physical interconnection networks with the power system as the core hub have achieved horizontal multi-source complementarity. Secondly, the information Internet and the energy industry promote each other, information guides energy, and energy enhances value. On the one hand, the Internet has spawned a new business model in the energy field; on the other hand, the efficient flow of information has replaced the overall optimization of centralized decision-making with the Pareto optimality of decentralized decision-making, achieving more optimized resource allocation. Finally, energy and information are deeply integrated, and energy production and consumption are highly customized, automated, and intelligent, forming an integrated all-new energy industry form.

3. The difference between energy Internet and “Internet +” smart energy.

The concept of "Energy Internet" was first proposed by Jeremy Rifkin in his book "The Third Industrial Revolution". He believes that the most important sign of the third industrial revolution is the establishment of Energy Internet. Energy Internet is to interconnect a large number of microgrids through advanced power electronics technology, information technology and intelligent energy management technology, and maximize the flow and interconnection of energy and information. Energy Internet is the interconnection of energy, not the interconnection of information. Its topological structure is somewhat like the information Internet. At present, the backbone power grid is equivalent to the trunk line or network bus of the information Internet, and each microgrid is equivalent to a local area network. This model can be a power grid, or an intelligent natural gas pipeline network, intelligent heating network, and intelligent cooling network. These systems that provide natural gas distributed energy interconnect gas, electricity, heat, and cold to form a three-dimensional energy Internet. But it is not simply the information Internet plus the existing energy system. "Internet +" energy is to use the successful experience management model that has been formed on the Internet to reversely integrate traditional energy companies and reshape the traditional energy industry through Internet thinking and innovation. "Internet +" energy, first of all, the energy industry needs "+" Internet thinking, and needs to be + innovative, forming "Internet + Internet thinking + innovation + traditional energy industry". From this we can understand that energy Internet is an important part of "Internet +" energy.

2. "Internet +" smart energy is the future direction of energy development

"Internet +" is a new form of business that integrates the Internet and traditional industries. The integration of the Internet with many industries will effectively enhance the innovation capacity of the real economy and gradually become a new driving force for my country's economic growth and structural optimization. Energy is a basic industry of the national economy, the lifeline of economic and social development, and is related to the overall economic and social development of the country. At a time when the reform of the energy industry has entered a deep water period and the industry is in urgent need of transformation and upgrading to adjust its structure, the energy industry has ushered in an opportunity. "Internet +" smart energy is not only an innovation in energy technology, but also a reform of energy production, consumption and policy systems. It is a powerful engine to promote the revolution in energy production and consumption, and it is also a fundamental revolution in the lifestyle of human society. "Internet +" provides technical support for the transformation and development of traditional energy, and has made major changes in all aspects from energy production to consumption, in line with the trend of energy development.