Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy

ISSN 2196-5625 CN 32-1884/TK

Blockchain: a secure, decentralized, trusted cyber infrastructure solution for future energy systems
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1.School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, The University of NSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; 2.School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; 3.School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518172, China

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This work was supported by the Australian Research Council Discovery Projects (Nos. DP170103427, DP180103217). The authors acknowledge Mr. Ali Dorri at The University of New South Wales, Australia for his valuable comments on the Blockchain and communication networks; the authors also acknowledge Dr. Yang Chen from the Microsoft Asia for his comments on Blockchain.

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    Modern power systems are rapidly evolving into complex cyber-physical systems. The increasingly complex interaction among different energy entities calls for a secure, efficient, and robust cyber infrastructure. As an emerging distributed computing technology, Blockchain provides a secure environment to support such interactions. This paper gives a prospective on using Blockchain as a secure, distributed cyber infrastructure for the future grid. Firstly, the basic principles of Blockchain and its state-ofthe-art are introduced. Then, a Blockchain based smart grid cyber-physical infrastructure model is proposed. Afterwards, some promising application domains of Blockchain in future grids are presented. Following this, some potential challenges are discussed.

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