Energy Internet Coordinating Committee (EICC)

Committee Scope

The EICC aims at building Energy Internet (EI), which is an energy ecosystem, with a physical layer, an information layer and a value layer combining energy and carbon emission flows, in which the Internet thinking and emerging technologies reshape the traditional energy system, to make it low-carbon, safe, efficient, and open. The objective of EI is to build up a decarbonized, consumer-centric energy ecosystem, ensuring the security and affordability of energy supply, while the regulatory measures/key features are the integration, openness and intelligence of energy systems. The structure of a typical EI consists of three layers:

1. The physical layer serves as an open and interconnected platform, which realizes the integration and comprehensive utilization of multiple energy sources of electricity, heat, cold and gas. With Energy routers, Energy Hubs, multi-energy storages to integrate distributed generation in a “plug-and-play” manner.
2. The information layer collects data from the physical layer, coordinates the system operation and transmits valuable information to the value layer. With intelligent energy management systems based on advanced AI technology and ICT devices to realize decentralized, real-time and optimal dispatching of energy sources, networks, demands and storages.
3. The value layer features an innovative style of the energy system with openness. With the collected information and new energy business models, to break market barriers and achieve a sharing economy market mechanism, to realize P2P energy trading, carbon trading, virtual power plants etc. and guide the operation of the physical layer.