Energy Internet integrates small-scale renewable energy systems, electric loads, storage devices, and electric vehicles for effective transaction of power backed by emerging technologies such as Internet of Things, vehicle-to-grid, and blockchain. Its features, such as plug-and-play mechanism, real-time bidirectional flow of energy, information, and money can lead to significant benefits and innovation in electricity production and. Abstract With the intensifying energy crisis and envi-ronmental pollution, the Energy Internet and corresponding patterns of energy use have been attracting more and more attention. In this paper, the basic concept and characteris-tics of the Energy Internet are summarized, and its basic structural. The Internet of Energy (IoE) or Energy Internet is a futuristic evolution of the electricity system, conceptualized as an energy-sharing network.
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