“…Hybrid-cloud-based big data processing, IoT technologies, advanced analytics with AI algorithms such as Blockchain and deep machine learning, and abundant communication standards used to send data from one point to another, as well as digital twins in the digital transformation of utilities and in Industry 4.0 further accelerate the intelligent metamorphosis of the grid (Ahmad et al, 2020 ; Hasankhani et al, 2021 ; Talaat et al, 2020 ). The employment of industrial IoT technologies allows asset optimisation, detection and predictive maintenance, self-healing to predict, isolate and fix grid operation issues (Khalid & Shobole, 2021 ; Kimani et al, 2019 ; Rivas & Abrão, 2020 ), restore grids or part of a grid when maintenance issues or external impacts such as cyberattacks take place, and correct and optimise renewable power quality (Gunduz & Das, 2020 ; Kotsiopoulos et al, 2021 ; Sakhnini et al, 2019 , 2021 ). The AI-supported smart grid using algorithms such as AccCap-DRL and machine learning was shown to be capable of decentralised modelling, monitoring, forecasting, detecting, integrating, managing and optimising renewable energy generation, transmission, and distribution (Hatti & Denai, 2020 ; Lin et al, 2020 ; Liu et al, 2020 ; Reddy et al, 2014 ; Sonnenschein et al, 2015 ) and connecting renewable smart grids with renewable power consumption, such as plug-in electric vehicles (Lee, 2020 ; Liu et al, 2015 ; Rahbari et al, 2017 ; Raza & Khosravi, 2015 ).…”