Summary of Cloud Computing Technology in Smart Grid

摘要

Smart Grid Network (SGN) is one of the innovative trends towards efficient and intelligent use of the conventional and unconventional resources of energy with respect to electric power generation, transmission and distribution. Future smart grids are expected to have reliable, efficient, secured, and cost-effective power management with the implementation of distributed architecture. To focus on these requirements, in this paper we provide a comprehensive research on different cloud computing applications for the smart grid architecture, in three different areas-energy management, cloud monitoring and security. In these areas, the utility of cloud computing applications is discussed, while giving directions on future opportunities for the development of the smart grid.