With the advent of the electric power big data era, semantic interoperability
and interconnection of power data have received extensive attention. Knowledge
graph technology is a new method describing the complex relationships between
concepts and entities in the objective world, which is widely concerned because
of its robust knowledge inference ability. Especially with the proliferation of
measurement devices and exponential growth of electric power data empowers,
electric power knowledge graph provides new opportunities to solve the
contradictions between the massive power resources and the continuously
increasing demands for intelligent applications. In an attempt to fulfil the
potential of knowledge graph and deal with the various challenges faced, as
well as to obtain insights to achieve business applications of smart grids,
this work first presents a holistic study of knowledge-driven intelligent
application integration. Specifically, a detailed overview of electric power
knowledge mining is provided. Then, the overview of the knowledge graph in
smart grids is introduced. Moreover, the architecture of the big knowledge
graph platform for smart grids and critical technologies are described.
Furthermore, this paper comprehensively elaborates on the application prospects
leveraged by knowledge graph oriented to smart grids, power consumer service,
decision-making in dispatching, and operation and maintenance of power
equipment. Finally, issues and challenges are summarised.Comment: IET Generation, Transmission & Distributio