The use of the Internet in conjunction with Web-based tech- nologies provides potentials for optimizing the operation of distributed energy systems. Both energy providers as well as energy consumers ben- efit from innovations in information and communication technologies (ICT). By communicating all relevant processes, like meter reading, grid monitoring and management, to the electric grids' endpoints, an overall smarter energy market can be established. For large-scale deployments, specific requirements regarding resource efficiency, reliability and secu- rity need to be met. This paper provides an overview of current trends in the state-of-the-art of Web-based technologies and correlates them to future energy systems. On-going work on the development of software platforms designed to support Web Services for pervasive embedded sys- tems will be described. Potential options for IP-based networking sce- narios for communication of end user homes with energy networks will also be presented and discussed.