With the rapid development of new technologies

such as big data

internet of things

mobile applications

cloud computing

and artificial intelligence

it is possible for power generation enterprises to develop towards the cleaner

more efficient

more reliable and more intelligent direction. The concept of smart power plant emerges as the times require in intelligent manufacturing

intelligent energy and industrial internet. On the basis of analyzing the mature industrial internet platform architecture at home and abroad

this paper elaborates the key technologies of industrial internet. Through the analysis of the production business of power plants and the future information architecture of smart power plants

the platform architecture of smart power plants is proposed. By global optimization on the information integration capability of the platform

the security mechanism of smart power plants and cloud computing

as well as the local optimization of edge calculation

and combining with the integration of mechanism analysis and data-driven method

the intelligent control

intelligent management and intelligent security in power generation process can be well implemented.