Constructing a new energy oriented power system is not only an important direction for the power system transformation and upgrading in China,but also a key means to achieve the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. The way of adapting situational awareness technology to diverse and differentiated scenarios has become the breakthrough point of the reliable,safe,high-quality,low-carbon and economic operation of the new power system. Typical features and main problems of the new power system are analysis from four aspects, source, network, load and energy storage. Then, to achieve the low-carbon and economic operation of the new power grid, key points in three application phases of situational awareness technology in the power grid which are situational perception, situational understanding and situational forecast are expounded. In the end, application and prospects of the situational awareness technology in the low-carbon oriented new power system are elaborated by taking the characteristics of low-carbon and economic operation of the new power system into consideration, which provides reference for the construction and operation of subsequent new power systems.