From "Cloud computing" to "cloud energy": energy change in the cloud era

"Cloud computing" is a new network application mode, its core idea is to unify the management and dispatch of the explosive Internet Information data resources, and form a resource pool to provide the service to the user. The network that provides resources or services is called the cloud. In the "cloud computing" mode, resources or services can be unlimited expansion, readily available, on-demand, at any time to expand the use of pay. The spiritual essence of the Internet is participation, freedom, equality and sharing. In the past, for example, information was provided by producers (media), emphasizing producer sovereignty; in the Internet age, the web is the media and the Web page is a publication. Information data is not only provided by the media, but also by the public as the users of information, everyone is information producer, producer and consumer are equal, producer sovereignty and consumer sovereignty both.

From an economic standpoint, "cloud computing" success has three factors: first, the technological progress, the expansion of the original IT infrastructure, the realization of the traditional computer technology and network technologies, the integration of the development of the second is the innovation of business model, with the help of SaaS (software as a service), PaaS (platform as a service), The advanced business model of IaaS (infrastructure, i.e. service) is commercialized, the third is to emphasize the consumer's sovereignty, the production takes the user's demand and the choice as the orientation, the service mode is the core of the distributed and interactive service, and the software and hardware on the Internet serve the consumers.

If the spirit of the Internet and the "cloud computing" model into the energy industry, it is likely to promote energy technology and even the energy industry changes.

At present, the concept of "cloud power" and "cloud energy" has been put forward by domestic experts, but there is no uniform and clear definition. I personally understand that "cloud energy" has several basic characteristics: the distribution and sharing of energy production patterns, the intellectualization and integration of energy transmission modes, the modularization and parallelism of energy transmission systems, the liberalization and standardization of energy access, and the interactive and individualized energy consumption.

"Cloud energy" is through the network, Intelligent Energy Network to various forms of energy resources management and scheduling, forming an energy resource pool to provide services to users.

"Cloud energy" is the whole energy industry production and consumption mode change, not only the traditional power grid intelligent.

In the "Cloud energy" era, a variety of energy forms are freely accessible to energy systems, different consumers can share energy services, energy supply not only emphasizes the supply function of energy producers, but also emphasizes consumer sovereignty, everyone can become energy producers, producers and consumers achieve equality.

The "Cloud energy" model is still in the envisioning stage and faces many obstacles and challenges, such as technology and commercialization. However, like "cloud computing", "cloud energy" also emphasizes consumer sovereignty, emphasizes the service function of the system, and emphasizes intelligent, interactive and commercialized through technological progress. Some enterprises at home and abroad have also started a bold attempt, and there have been many successful cases. Perhaps the future "cloud energy" model is not what we envision today, just as we cannot imagine Web3.0 in the Web1.0 era. But every step of human progress has to do with the transformation of the energy system, especially the advances in energy technology. Under the severe resource and environment challenge, it is irresistible for mankind to change traditional energy production and consumption mode through energy technology progress and technology integration.

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The writer Tangqingyu PhD in graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

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