State Grid will invest 24.7 billion yuan this year to accelerate the construction of digital infrastructure in the energy sector

The State Grid said on June 16 that it will increase investment of 24.7 billion yuan this year to accelerate the construction of digital infrastructure in the energy field and lead the common development of upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain.

According to reports, accelerate the construction of power grid digital platform, energy big data center, power Internet of Things, energy industrial cloud network, smart energy integrated services, energy Internet 5G application, energy blockchain application, power Beidou application.

Wang Yanfang, Spokesperson of State Grid: We have signed strategic cooperation agreements with Huawei, Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu and other enterprises to jointly promote the construction of digital infrastructure in the energy sector, and will invest 24.7 billion yuan this year, which will drive social investment of more than 100 billion yuan.

The State Grid said that it will complete the construction of seven energy big data centers this year, and complete 12 types of big data applications such as power economy, housing vacancy rate analysis, and poverty alleviation monitoring and analysis. Complete key 5G technology research, formulate 5G standard system for electricity, and implement typical industry applications of "5G+ Energy Internet"; Build an energy blockchain public service platform to provide cross-industry collaboration, distributed energy trading, online industry chain finance and other services; Construction of 1,200 power Beidou ground enhanced base stations, in the field of power transport inspection, marketing, infrastructure and other applications.