This article offers a perspective grounded in a deep understanding of what's at stake: the reliability of our energy infrastructure, the safety of communities and the speed of innovation in the global energy transition. Energy Internet, a futuristic evolution of electricity system, is conceptualized as an energy sharing network. 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. Building the Energy Internet involves transforming traditional, one-way power grids into decentralized, intelligent, and two-way, digital networks. We revisit some attempts to design a digital grid similar to the internet, including packetized management of specific loads (electric vehicles.
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