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URPX goes public: an open standard for machine-readable utility rate plans

Hosted by LF Energy Standards and Specifications (LFESS). Originated by Flux Tailor with NLR collaboration, URPX is developed through open collaboration under LFESS governance. Every device that charges, heats, stores, or sells electricity makes better decisions when it knows what electricity actually costs. Yet the prices customers pay are still published the way they were…

LF Energy Expands Global Energy Ecosystem with New Members, Open Source Projects and Technical Milestones

Expanded membership, new open source grid tools and portfolio advancements highlight industry commitment to shared digital energy infrastructure Summary European Regional Coordination Center Coreso and global energy management leader Landis+Gyr have joined LF Energy as general members. LF Energy welcomes new projects AssetLife, CityLearn, EnerGNN and Smart HEMS Benchmark to expand its open grid management…

SEAPATH Becomes LF Energy’s First Graduated Project

SEAPATH has become the first project in LF Energy’s history to reach the Graduated stage. Grid2Op and OpenGridFM have been approved to move to Incubation, while CoMPAS moves to Early Adoption. LF Energy’s project lifecycle sets milestones and requirements for projects as they develop. With its move to Graduation, SEAPATH enters the stage for projects…

FlexMeasures v1.0.0: Commercial & Industrial Sites

This post was originally published by FlexMeasures. Version v1.0.0 of FlexMeasures is a big milestone 🎉  - for one, it contains a little more than 100 PRs and adds huge abilities to schedule industry assets! Second, we decided that FlexMeasures is now mature enough to rip off the band-aid and move to major versions. See…

LF Energy Summit Europe 2026: Keynote Lineup Announced

LF Energy Summit Europe comes to Berlin on September 15 and 16, 2026, bringing together grid operators, vendors, researchers, and open source contributors building the digital foundation for energy together. Today, LF Energy is announcing the lineup of keynote speakers who will present plenary sessions focused on the themes of open source in action in…

A New Era for Grid Connectivity: Announcing the CDS Registration Specifications

By Daniel Roesler, CDS Registration Working Group (WG1) Maintainer After years of collaborative development, I'm thrilled to announce the first published drafts of the LF Energy Connected Data Specifications (CDS) Registration protocols. These foundational specifications mark a critical step forward for how the energy industry establishes secure, scalable, and automated connections between central grid entities…

Welcome Stephan Gross, LF Energy’s New Community Director for Europe

We're thrilled to announce that the LF Energy team is continuing to grow! Please join us in welcoming Stephan Gross as our new Community Director, Europe. Stephan joins LF Energy from EU DSO Entity, where he served as Senior Technical Advisor focused on network planning and digitalization. Over a decade coordinating EU-funded RDI initiatives –…

LF Energy Summit Europe 2026 Agenda Is Live

The full session schedule is now available for 15–16 September in Berlin, Germany. Two days of project deep-dives, production deployments, and community collaboration across every layer of the energy stack. The full agenda for LF Energy Summit Europe 2026 is live. Alliander, Elia, E.ON, 50Hertz, Hydro-Québec, RTE, and TenneT are just some of the organizations…

LF Energy Welcomes New Members, Launches Three Projects, and Advances Open Source Grid Technology Across the Portfolio

LF Energy welcomes new members AZX, EcoPhi, and Empa; launches the AINETUS, URPX, and CUPID projects; advances Power Grid Model to Early Adoption; and highlights a TenneT case study demonstrating a 10x performance improvement using PowSyBl. Recent releases across EVerest, OperatorFabric, FlexMeasures, and other projects underscore continued momentum across the LF Energy ecosystem.

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 (BDF), a growing open standard…

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 to co-develop the shared, non-competitive…

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 source software that underpins critical…

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; validated via Faraday Institution tooling…

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 LF Energy community strengthen the…

Linux Foundation Energy Announces New Members and Key Advances in Open Source Infrastructure

Charting advancements in security, data, and interoperability for energy innovation AACHEN, GERMANY – LF Energy Summit Europe - 10 September, 2025 – LF Energy, the open source foundation accelerating the energy transition, welcomes five new members from leading technology and energy companies. New general members include EcoFlow, Hitachi, and Red Hat and associate members include…

LF Energy OpenDSM Completes Development of New Hourly Model

The LF Energy OpenDSM project is excited to announce the completion of a new hourly modeling framework for OpenEEmeter, designed to deliver faster, more accurate, and more flexible energy consumption predictions, especially for customers with solar PV. This major update was driven by a set of clear goals: Improve solar PV predictions by integrating solar…

LF Energy Announces Keynote Lineup for 2025 Europe Summit

  LF Energy is thrilled to unveil the first round of keynote speakers for LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, taking place September 10-11 in Aachen, Germany. This year's lineup features global leaders in energy, open source, and digital transformation who are shaping the future of power systems innovation. As the open source movement continues to…

Audit of LF Energy PowSyBl Ensures Security of Power Systems Tool

LF Energy is pleased to announce the publication of a comprehensive security audit of the PowSyBl project, conducted by Ada Logics and coordinated by the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF). This audit was funded by LF Energy as part of our ongoing commitment to improving the security and resilience of the open source software…

UN Report Highlights the Role of LF Energy Projects in Accelerating the Energy Transition

  The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has released a landmark report emphasizing the critical role of open source technologies and interoperability in the digital transformation of global energy systems. Titled “Fostering Interoperability and Open-Source Solutions to Accelerate the Digital Transformation of the Energy System”, the report underscores how collaborative, open source ecosystems…

Latest LF Energy PowSyBl Release Offers Enhancements to Load Flow Accuracy, Sensitivity Analysis, and Security

The LF Energy PowSyBl community has released powsybl-dependencies v2025.1.0, which concludes the last PowSyBl release train. PowSyBl is an open source library dedicated to electrical grid modeling and simulation. This new release corresponds to a new release for each of the 6 repositories constituting the PowSyBl release train, whose versions and release notes are listed in the table…

Join us at the First LF Energy Summit in North America

Since 2018, LF Energy Summit has gathered electric utilities, technology vendors, policymakers, regulators, global energy companies, researchers, and other industry stakeholders to learn about open source solutions for energy systems. These events have always taken place in Europe, but as our community has expanded and interested in open source technologies and standards to accelerate the…

LF Energy Summit Europe to Examine Open Source Solutions for the Energy Transition, 10-11 September in Aachen, Germany

Premier event exploring open source technologies and standards for energy systems will gather speakers from grid operators, technology vendors, government, researchers, and more SAN FRANCISCO, CA – June 18, 2025 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative open technologies and standards to accelerate the energy transition, is pleased…

Power Grid Model v1.11.x Adds Support for Asymmetric Lines and Improved Power Flow Calculations

The LF Energy Power Grid Model maintainers are excited to announce the v1.11.x release series of Power Grid Model, including support for asymmetric lines and more extensive support for power flow calculations with automatic tap regulation. Highlights  Added support for asymmetric lines (see #720 and the documentation).  Added support for power flow calculations with automatic tap regulation with…

OperatorFabric v4.7.0 Adds Ability to Define Custom Screens

LF Energy has announced v4.7.0 of OperatorFabric, a modular, extensible, industrial-strength, and field-tested platform for systems operators. OperatorFabric includes several features essential for electricity, water, and other utility operations. This release introduces the ability to define custom screens amongst a variety of other new features and fixes. Full details follow below, or view the release…

Linux Foundation Energy Announces its First US Investor Owned Utility Member, Research into AI for Energy Systems, and Dates for LF Energy Summit

Other recent momentum includes a new open source project for power system optimization and case studies demonstrating real world impact of open source on energy systems SAN FRANCISCO, CA – April 22, 2025 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative open technologies and standards to accelerate the energy…

LF Energy CitrineOS Expands Support to OCPP 1.6, Enhancing EV Charging Network Management

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – April 7, 2025 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to accelerate the energy transition, today announced that CitrineOS, the premier open source Charging Station Management System (CSMS) software stack, has released version 1.6.0, and now supports OCPP 1.6. This…

Announcing LF Energy OpenSynth v0.0.6: New Features and Enhancements

LF Energy is excited to announce the latest release of OpenSynth, v0.0.6, bringing several powerful new features and performance improvements to the platform. This release includes significant contributions from the community and advancements that will help researchers and practitioners in the energy sector better simulate and analyze energy consumption data: 1. EnergyDiff Model: A Diffusion-Based…

Announcing LF Energy TROLIE Java Client SDK 1.0.0

LF Energy is pleased to announce the official release of the LF Energy TROLIE Java Client SDK 1.0.0, now available for download via Maven Central. This open source client SDK, licensed under Apache 2.0, enables Java applications to seamlessly interact with TROLIE servers, implementing the Transmission Ratings and Operating Limits Information Exchange (TROLIE) API. About…

The LF Energy 2024 Annual Report is Now Available

The global energy sector is undergoing a seismic shift. Electrification, digitalization, and decarbonization are reshaping how we generate, distribute, and consume power. Open source technology is at the heart of this transformation, enabling collaboration, accelerating innovation, and breaking down barriers to progress. Today, we are thrilled to announce the release of the LF Energy 2024…

Linux Foundation Energy Releases Version 1.0 of SEAPATH, the Open Source Software Hypervisor for Digitalizing Electrical Power Substation Systems

SEAPATH is a security-hardened, real-time hypervisor for digital substation virtualized protection and control applications that has already been deployed in production SAN FRANCISCO – February 5, 2025 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to accelerate the energy transition, has released version 1.0 of…

US Department of Energy Validates Open Source Approach for IRA HOMES Programs

LF Energy OpenEEmeter Approval Enables Transparent Energy Savings Measurement Linux Foundation Energy (LF Energy) is pleased to announce that OpenEEmeter, a core component of the LF Energy OpenDSM project, has been named as the first – and currently only – solution to be approved by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for measured pathway software…

New White Paper Explores the Potential for Open Source to Accelerate AI Innovation for Energy Systems

LF Energy has announced the release of a new white paper, "Unlocking AI’s Potential for the Energy Transition Through Open Source". As the global energy sector undergoes a critical transformation driven by decarbonization, digitalization, and decentralization, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a key enabler for optimizing energy systems. This white paper demonstrates how open…

Linux Foundation Energy Announces Open Source Power Grid Projects for AI Modeling and Edge Applications, Plus Scope 3 Emissions Visibility

New initiatives and partnerships will speed innovation essential to accelerating the energy transition and decarbonization globally SAN FRANCISCO – December 11, 2024 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to accelerate the energy transition, is pleased to announce the launch of three new open…

LF Energy TROLIE Publishes Version 1.0.0 Specification for Exchange of Power System Ratings and Limits Data

LF Energy TROLIE is a community project developing an open source specification to address FERC Order 881, which requires North American transmission owners, operators, providers, and reliability coordinators to establish a means to exchange ratings information based on current and forecasted ambient conditions. The initiative was launched due to the absence of a dedicated standards…

Linux Foundation Energy EVerest Project Joins Task 53 of the International Energy Agency (IEA)

Bidirectional EV charging, or Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G), plays an essential role in the decarbonization of the electricity sector. But there are still hurdles to overcome, e.g. lack of standardization and insufficient interoperability. To improve interoperability of bidirectional charging, the Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology Collaboration Programme (HEV TCP) by the International Energy Agency (IEA) launched Task…

Videos of All LF Energy Summit 2024 Sessions Now Available

LF Energy Summit took place 5-6 September 2024 in Brussels, exploring collaborative methods and practices to develop digital technologies and standards to optimize physical infrastructure, orchestrate supply and demand, and rapidly onboard clean energy resources. LF Energy accelerates the energy transition by building communities to develop open technologies and standards. LF Energy Summit gathered a…

Linux Foundation Energy Restructures Project Ecosystem, While Welcoming New Members From the Technology and Electrical Utility Communities

Open source foundation announces its latest initiatives to accelerate the energy transition during its flagship LF Energy Summit in Brussels BRUSSELS – 5 September 2024 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to accelerate the energy transition, is pleased to announce the formation of…

LF Energy OperatorFabric Project Completes Security Audit and Threat Model

Quarkslab was engaged to carry out a holistic security audit of LF Energy’s OperatorFabric project, a modular, extensible, industrial-strength platform for use in electricity, water, and other utility operations. The audit, which was facilitated by the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF), was carried out between April and May 2024, and intended to evaluate the…

LF Energy SEAPATH Project Completes Security Audit and Threat Model

Ada Logics was engaged to carry out a holistic security audit of LF Energy’s SEAPATH project, which offers a reference design and industrial-grade open source real-time platform that can run virtualized automation and protection applications, primarily for power substations. The audit, which was facilitated by the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF), was carried out…

LF Energy Carbon Data Specification Selected for US Department of Energy Grant

A consortium lead by LF Energy member UtilityAPI has been awarded a grant from the US Department of Energy Office of Electricity as part of the "Digitizing Utilities Prize Round 2". The consortium, which also includes LF Energy and electrical utility Silicon Valley Clean Energy, was named one of nine "Phase 1 Data Track Winners",…

LF Energy Elects New Governing Board Members

General Members of LF Energy have elected two new governing board members. The LF Energy governing board oversees business decision-making for the foundation, including building alliances, growing membership, and allocating the budget to the highest benefit of LF Energy projects. The board consists of one representative from each Strategic Member of the foundation, as well…

New Linux Foundation Report Reveals How Open Source is Driving Technical Transformation of Vertical Industries 

Sponsored by LF Energy, the report explores how open source drives innovation in the telecom, energy, automotive, financial, agriculture, media, and entertainment industries  SAN FRANCISCO, CA – June 27, 2024 – Today, the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, is publishing a new report, “Software-Defined Vertical Industries: Transformation Through Open…

Linux Foundation Energy Announces Agenda for LF Energy Summit, 5-6 September in Brussels

Premier gathering of LF Energy project communities to gather speakers from energy generation, transmission, distribution, technology, government, and more SAN FRANCISCO, CA – June 12, 2024 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to accelerate the energy transition, is pleased to announce the lineup…

Seeed Studio Develops Open Source EV Charging Product Thanks to Zephyr RTOS and LF Energy EVerest

Download this case study in PDF format Challenge Seeed Studio, a leading IoT hardware company, recognized the growing demand for an efficient and customizable open source electric vehicle (EV) charging solution. The challenge was to develop a product-ready solution that aligned with the evolving market needs, offering scalability, security, and adaptability for diverse applications. Solution…

Hydro-Québec Demonstrates Commitment to Open Source for the Energy Transition with Membership in Linux Foundation Energy

Linux Foundation Energy (LF Energy), the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to accelerate the energy transition, is pleased to announce that Hydro-Québec, the largest power utility in Canada, and a major player in the global hydropower industry, has joined the foundation as a General Member. LF…

Apply to Speak at LF Energy Summit, 5-6 September in Brussels

The world is facing immense challenges to achieve decarbonization targets and prevent the worst impacts of climate change. The only way to meet these targets is to work collaboratively to develop digital technologies and standards to optimize physical infrastructure, orchestrate supply and demand, and rapidly onboard clean energy resources. LF Energy accelerates the energy transition…

LF Energy Releases Annual Report, Exploring Community Progress in 2023

The vision of LF Energy is to create a technology ecosystem that enables decarbonization of the energy sector through innovation and interoperability. This includes the entire technology stack used by those producing, transmitting, distributing, and using energy over large grids, microgrids, distributed energy resources and storage, electric vehicles, and more. The LF Energy 2023 Annual…

The OpenEEmeter Working Group Is Pleased to Release LF Energy OpenEEmeter 4.0

LF Energy OpenEEmeter measures the energy impacts of demand-side interventions in buildings. OpenEEmeter 4.0 provides enhanced performance of the daily model with dramatically reduced seasonal and weekend/weekday bias, along with increased computational efficiency.  After months of collaboration, the LF Energy OpenEEmeter Working Group is releasing the open source OpenEEmeter 4.0 with major improvements to the…

New Open Sustainability Policy Summit to Explore How Policy and Regulation Can Support Collaborative Solutions to Decarbonization

As the impacts of climate change mount, it is essential that we all work together to decarbonize energy and transportation systems, which are among the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions. A collaborative approach involving all stakeholders is necessary to develop the technologies needed to speed the transition to renewable energy sources in a fair…

U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation Partners With Linux Foundation Energy to Improve Reliability and Interoperability of EV Charging Nationally

Using LF Energy’s open source EVerest Project as a reference framework, the partnership will speed deployment of interoperable EV chargers across the U.S. SAN FRANCISCO – January 22, 2024 – LF Energy is partnering with the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (Joint Office) to build an open source reference implementation for electric vehicle…

LF Energy Open Sustainable Technology Project Launches ClimateTriage.com to Connect Developers with Impactful Sustainability Projects

Countless talented developers around the world are looking for ways that their talents can contribute to sustainability. The LF Energy Open Sustainable Technology project already offers a directory and analysis of the open source ecosystem in the areas of climate change, energy, biodiversity and natural resources. Despite this information being available on the wide range…

Energy Industry Veteran Alex Thornton Joins Linux Foundation Energy as Executive Director to Drive Next Phase of Decarbonizing Energy Systems Through Open Source

Thornton will focus on recruiting new contributors from across all energy stakeholders while growing the open source tech stack needed to complete the energy transition SAN FRANCISCO – December 12, 2023 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to decarbonize our global economies, is…

Linux Foundation Energy Adds Five New Open Source Projects, Expanding its Energy Infrastructure Tech Stack for Battery Storage, Grid Resilience, EV Charging, and More

2023 saw nine new members and nine new projects join LF Energy, while contributor strength grew by 30% and lines of code hosted by 22%, demonstrating growing support for open source solutions for power systems SAN FRANCISCO – December 5, 2023 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative…

PowSyBl Completes Release Train, with New Features Including Subnetworks in a Network

The LF Energy PowSyBl community has released powsybl-dependencies 2023.3.0, which concludes the last PowSyBl release train. PowSyBl is an open source library dedicated to electrical grid modeling and simulation. All the repositories' versions and release notes can be found in the table below. Interested parties are welcome to join the PowSyBl Slack to ask questions…

OperatorFabric v4.0.0.RELEASE Now Available

Linux Foundation Energy has announced v4.0.0.RELEASE of OperatorFabric, a modular, extensible, industrial-strength, and field-tested platform for systems operators. OperatorFabric includes several features essential for electricity, water, and other utility operations. See Migration Guide from release 3.15.2 to release 4.0.0 Features New major features : #4396, #4712 : Add a service to send card reception alerte via mail (cards-external-diffusion…

Power Grid Model v1.6 Now Available

Linux Foundation Energy has announced the 1.6 release series of Power Grid Model (PGM), including the PGM serialization feature. PGM is a high-performance Python/C++ library for steady-state distribution power system analysis. New Feature: PGM Serialization In this release we introduced PGM serialization. Now you can load and dump PGM datasets from/to json or msgpack buffers/files. Please have a look…

Linux Foundation Energy Announces New Software Releases, Research, and Growing Deployments to Support Increasing Open Source Innovation in the Energy Sector

Six new organizations have joined to support the foundation’s 25 projects, which have seen eight million new lines of code added from nearly 8,000 commits in a single year Bilbao, Spain – Open Source Summit Europe – September 19, 2023 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software…

LF Energy Research Finds Open Source Software is Driving Sustainability Innovation, Including Climate Technologies, Environmental Science, and Energy Efficiency

Analysis finds open source is strongly impacting fields including biosphere, energy system modeling, and mobility, while lacking in areas such as emission observation and modeling SAN FRANCISCO – August 8, 2023 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to decarbonize our global economies, and…

HiPAS GridLAB-D Version 4.3.1 Released, Officially Becoming LF Energy Arras

HiPAS GridLAB-D Version 4.3.1 (chiba-1) is complete and has been released on GitHub. This marks the official completion of the project’s transfer to LF Energy, where the project is now known as Arras Energy.  GridLAB-D was originally developed for the US Department of Energy by a team of researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to…

Energy Sector in Midst of Major Transformation, With 76% of Utilities Implementing Digitalization Plans, and 64% Using Open Source to Accelerate Innovation

New research report from Linux Foundation Energy also finds that over half of energy stakeholders are converging IT with OT PARIS, FRANCE – LF Energy Summit – June 1, 2023 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to decarbonize our global economies, today released…

Linux Foundation Research Finds Open Source Crucial to Realizing Full Potential of Microgrids

Open source is uniquely poised to help advance decarbonization by driving the adoption and development of microgrids. PARIS - LF ENERGY SUMMIT – June 1, 2023 – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the release of the LF Research publication "The Open Source Opportunity for Microgrids: Five…

Linux Foundation Energy Announces Conference Schedule for LF Energy Embedded Summit

New event will gather embedded developers with energy sector stakeholders to discuss how IoT and other hardware can accelerate the energy transition and drive decarbonization San Francisco, CA – APRIL 13, 2023 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to decarbonize our global economies,…

<strong>Linux Foundation Energy Announces Conference Schedule for LF Energy Summit</strong>

Premier gathering of LF Energy project communities returns to an in-person format for the first time since 2019, bringing together speakers from energy generation, transmission, distribution, technology, government, and more San Francisco, CA – MARCH 9, 2023 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies…

<strong>Linux Foundation Energy Announces New Events, Projects, and Initiatives to Accelerate the Energy Transition in 2023</strong>

New projects include solutions for power system simulations, integrated data operations, and historical and real-time process data for analytics, joining nearly 20 existing projects to be showcased at LF Energy Summit in June San Francisco, CA – FEBRUARY 2, 2023 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software…

In Memoriam: Dr. Shuli Goodman

It is with great sadness that we must inform you that our Executive Director, Dr. Shuli Goodman, has passed away following a long battle with cancer. Shuli founded LF Energy with the goal of prolonging the life of our planet, and gave her all in making that goal come to fruition. Shuli was our captain,…

Linux Foundation Energy Gains More Industry Support to Drive the Energy Transition

Open source foundation gains new members and launches new projects to support digital transformation in the power sector San Francisco, CA – OCTOBER 5, 2022 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to decarbonize our global economies, is pleased to announce new members, projects,…

FledgePOWER Joins LF Energy

LF Energy - the open source foundation focused on the power systems sector and provides a neutral, collaborative community to build the shared digital investments that will transform the world’s relationship to energy is announcing FledgePOWER as its latest Incubation Project. 

GXF Webinar on April 21, 2020

Robert Tusveld, Solutions Architect at Dutch distribution system operator Alliander, introduces Grid eXchange Fabric (GXF), an LF Energy project. Robert will offer an overview of GXF's history, followed by a deep dive into the technology along with use cases, and a Q&A session at the end. Formerly known as the Open Smart Grid Platform, Grid eXchange…

LF Energy Global Summit 2019

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the LF Energy Global Summit 2019 in Paris, France. The event was a huge success in bringing together luminaries from the open source and energy communities. Of course this would not have been possible without generous contributions from our sponsors: CNCF, RTE, Vanderbilt University, the National Renewable Energy…

Alliander Joins LF Energy

LF Energy welcomes Alliander, the largest electricity company in the Netherlands. Alliander consists of a group of companies, among them Liander, Qirion and Kenter, which together represent an expertise in energy networks, energy technology and technical innovations.

LF Energy Global Summit, Nov 4-5, Paris

LF Energy and RTE announce the LF Energy Global Summit at La Défense, Paris, November 4-5, 2019 This first-of-its-kind event for power system operators and their vendors showcases collaborative development and shared innovation intended to accelerate the energy transition and lead us towards 100% decarbonization by 2050.

LF Energy at Open Source Summit North America & IEPEC

LF Energy folks will be presenting a two conferences this week. Shuli Goodman, Executive Director for LF Energy, is on a panel discussion Wednesday at the IEPEC conference in Denver. The panel, titled Open Source Software and the New Energy Frontier, is moderated by Puget Sound Energy's Michael Noreika and also features participants from VEIC…

LF Energy Sponsors Horizon19 Conference

On September 18-20, the Horizon19 conference on clean economy targets and climate goals will take place at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. With a community of several thousand stakeholders, Horizon19 represents an unprecedented opportunity for creating strategic partnerships that will merge customers, finance, technology, and markets into solutions for the clean economy. Horizon will…

Webinar: TenneT and RTE Discuss Open Source Benefits and Costs with Shuli Goodman

This is a final reminder that Loek Bakker, Corporate Information Management Office Head at TenneT, and Lucian Balea, R&D Program Director for Réseau de Transport d'Electricité (RTE) will join LF Energy's Executive Director Shuli Goodman tomorrow for a live discussion about open source and its benefits and costs on the path to the energy transition.

Recurve article on open source & energy regulation

Carmen Best, Director of Policy & Emerging Markets at LF Energy general member Recurve, was also the head of EM&V at the California Public Utilities Commission, so she has a unique view on performance-based regulatory oversight with respect to energy efficiency, giving regulators tools to make intelligent decisions about energy.

Linux Foundation Energy member TenneT “open sources” their open source strategy

TenneT is the first European cross-border electricity transmission system operator (TSO), with activities in the Netherlands and in Germany, providing uninterrupted electricity to over 41 million people. The security of our supply is among the best in Europe, with 99.99% grid availability. With the energy transition, TenneT is contributing to a future in which wind…

LF Energy Ecosystem Gains Momentum for Open Source Innovation With New Members and Projects

Energy Industry Comes Together To Collaborate On the Grid of the Future and Secure Distributed Power Systems   INNOGRID, BRUSSELS, May 15, 2019 -  LF Energy, a Linux Foundation initiative developing and sustaining open source technology innovation in the energy and electricity sectors, is rapidly growing its community with additional founding Premier member, Faraday Grid,…

The Linux Foundation Launches LF ENERGY, New Open Source Coalition

LF ENERGY Launches with Europe's Biggest Transmission System Provider, RTE; Initiative Fuels Energy Transition and Momentum for Open Source Innovation SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, 2018 – Just as open source software has transformed automobiles, telecommunications, financial services, and healthcare, The Linux Foundation today announces the formation of LF Energy with support from RTE, Europe’s biggest…