In this chapter, we will discuss an overview of the Energy Internet and its major characteristics, the key technologies, namely energy routers, distributed energy resources, advanced metering infrastructure, and information and communication technology, that will play a major role in. In this chapter, we will discuss an overview of the Energy Internet and its major characteristics, the key technologies, namely energy routers, distributed energy resources, advanced metering infrastructure, and information and communication technology, that will play a major role in. Then, we propose a new universal definition of the EI by bringing together the various existing definitions and concepts in light of the upcoming smart grid. We also pinpoint the fundamental technologies responsible for ITM University Gwalior, India. coordinating and. Therefore, a new energy paradigm is known as the “Energy Internet” that combines economics, energy, and technology in an open, equal, and coordinated fashion. Energy Internet (often reflects Internet plus energy) is a novel energy network that interconnects the power system components: production. Energy Internet is a concept proposed to harness, control, and manage energy resources effectively, with the help of information and communication technology. It improves a reliability of the system, and provides an increased utilization of energy resources by integrating the smart grid with the. The IEEE EI² has been successfully held for eight times so far in Beijing, Changsha, Wuhan, Taiyuan, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shenyang, etc. IEEE EI² has been widely recognized by the global academic and industrial communities in the field of energy, and has received more than 1,000 academic papers from. As electrification, automation and digital intelligence converge, the energy landscape is transforming from linear, centralized systems to omni-directional, data-driven networks.