A Blockchain-Based Intelligent Data Management Platform for Power Grid Applications

Abstract

With the access of a large number of renewable energy sources in the power system, the increasingly complex power system operations bring considerable safety concerns for data management. While measurement data analytics in the power grid play an important role in different control and alarming applications, smart and reliable data management is required. Blockchain technology is a decentralized database based on cryptography and distributed storage, which is immutable and traceable. This paper analyzes the matching degree between the characteristics of blockchain technology and the demand for measurement data management, showing the advantages of blockchain for power grid data management. In this paper, a data intelligent management platform based on blockchain technology is designed. A standardized interface design of data service is elaborated, and the application scenarios of intelligent data are listed, providing new possibilities for developing advanced applications based on the measurement data.