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Press Releases

Mar 30, 2026

LF Energy’s Battery Data Alliance and Microsoft Release Standardized Battery Dataset to Accelerate Storage Interoperability

SAN FRANCICSCO — March 30, 2026 — LF Energy, the open source foundation accelerating the energy transition, today announced the release of a new standardized battery dataset to the LF Energy Battery Data Alliance (BDA) contributed by Microsoft’s Surface Battery Development team. The dataset is aligned with the Battery Data Format… Read more.

Feb 19, 2026

Registration Open for LF Energy Summit Europe 2026

Registration is now open for LF Energy Summit Europe 2026, taking place September 15–16. Register here! Grid operators have to deliver affordable, reliable, safe, clean energy, and they need digital infrastructure to do it. Across the sector, utilities and vendors are increasingly turning to open source as the proven way… Read more.

Jan 20, 2026

LF Energy Advances EV Charging Security with Independent EVerest Audit

LF Energy is pleased to announce the completion and public release of a comprehensive security audit of the EVerest project, conducted by Quarkslab and coordinated by the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF). This audit reflects LF Energy’s ongoing commitment to strengthening the security, reliability, and trustworthiness of the open… Read more.

Jan 12, 2026

LF Energy Battery Data Alliance Announces the Battery Data Format (BDF): A New Open Standard for Battery Data Interoperability

Summary Announcement: LF Energy’s Battery Data Alliance released the Battery Data Format (BDF), an open, community-driven standard for battery data interoperability. Purpose: BDF provides a unified, machine-readable schema and ontology-aligned metadata to make battery data shareable, reproducible, and model-ready across labs, vendors, and software. Ecosystem & Validation: Aligned with BattINFO;… Read more.

Dec 18, 2025

LF Energy Announces New Members, Expanded Governing Board, and Record Event Attendance for 2025

Foundation updates point to continued growth and heightened value of open source software for energy resiliency  SAN FRANCISCO, December 18, 2025 – LF Energy, the open source foundation accelerating the energy transition, celebrates significant growth in 2025, including new members, new projects, and record-setting event attendance. These additions to the… Read more.