The core of constructing the future power systems computation platform is cloud computing

Conventional power system computing platforms in computation, storage, information integration and analysis, and then puts forward a deficiency based on cloud computing power system computing platforms. Firstly summarizes computing clouds of the basic concepts and main characteristics, and compared the cloud computing and another large-scale distributed computing model - Grid Computing. From a physical composition, system structure, software technology power system is discussed in detail the realization of cloud computing platforms. Later, and looks forward to the computing clouds in the power system security analysis, tide and optimization calculation, the system restore, trend monitoring, dispatching, reliability analysis and other areas of application prospect. Finally, the power system cloud computing research is discussed in several important problems to be solved.