Artificial Intelligence Applications and Prospects for The Smart Grid

The power system has steadily expanded the integration and development process with artificial intelligence (AI) under the new wave of global AI. The application of AI technology can not only improve the efficiency and safety of the power system, but also provide a better service experience for consumers. In order to do this, this research explores how AI technology is used in power systems. AI's application and current situation in the smart grid (SG) are clarified, such as power load forecasting, energy management, fault diagnosis and monitoring, etc. The issues faced in the SG, such as security, data processing capability and consumer participation, are discussed. In SG, data security and privacy protection are very important issues. In addition, SG needs to process a large amount of data, so it needs powerful data processing capability and efficient algorithms to handle these data. The possible future trends of the SG are foreseen, including the deep integration of AI technologies into the SG, the establishment of a safe and reliable innovative grid system, and the change of consumer participation role.