The latest blog posts from LF Energy and our projects.
Summary Charging networks report uptime between 98.7% and 99.9%. Only around 71% of charging attempts succeed. Those two numbers measure different things, which is exactly why the gap between them is interesting: a charger can be powered on, connected, and reporting healthy while still failing to deliver electricity to a car. One of the largest…
A community benchmark for the residential DER lifecycle — now an LF Energy Sandbox Project Smart HEMS Benchmark has been accepted as an LF Energy Sandbox Project. Initiated by EcoFlow and led by Dr. Rui (Ricky) Li, with co-initiators Dr.-Ing. Anurag Mohapatra (TUM CoSES) and Prof. Tao Sun (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), the project delivers…
New benefit-cost framework gives utilities and regulators a standardized methodology to compare open source with conventional software procurement Summary A new report from LF Energy reveals open source software can deliver a 2-5x greater net value for grid operators and introduces a new framework for quantifying the costs and benefits of open source software for…
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 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…
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 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…
By Daniel Roesler, CDS Customer Data Working Group (WG3) Maintainer Previously, the LF Energy Connected Data Specifications (CDS) project announced its Registration framework for revolutionizing how utilities and other central entities provide automated connectivity to the grid of the future. Today, after multiple years of collaborative development, and taking lessons learned from over a decade…
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…
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 –…
PowSyBl has completed its latest release train, bringing together new versions across the repositories that work together within the platform. Together, these releases introduce updates spanning network modelling, load flow, sensitivity analysis, remedial action optimisation, ENTSO-E functionality, dynamic simulation, and diagrams. The release of powsybl-dependencies 2026.1.0 concludes the train. The table below provides repository and…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Kjell Petter Myhren of Statnett and Geir Borse of Unicus+auticon Norway discussed Wide Area Monitoring, Protection, and Control (WAMPAC) for future grid monitoring and operation. The session explored how PMU data, time synchronization, visualization, and open source research platforms can help…
Event Recap: FOSDEM 2026 TL;DR At FOSDEM 2026, Antoine Oustry (RTE) presented GEMS (Generic Energy Systems Modelling Scheme), a graph-based algebraic modeling language that treats mathematical component models as data rather than software code, with the goal of enabling more flexible and maintainable energy system modeling. 🔗 Watch the presentation From Code to Models-as-Data Oustry…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Tony Granvile of the World Bank's Energy Sector Management Assistance Program and Oluwafemi Fajemirokun of the West African Power Pool discussed digital grid modernization in West Africa. The fireside chat explored the region’s electricity market integration efforts, the challenges of expanding…
Event Recap: FOSDEM 2026 TL;DR At FOSDEM 2026, Imke de Man and Harm van Leijen presented the open source Transformer Thermal Model. The session explored how modeling transformer hotspot and oil temperatures can help grid operators better understand transformer loading limits, identify acceptable operating conditions, and support efforts to address grid congestion. 🔗 Watch the…
PowSyBl (Power System Blocks) was born inside RTE, the French transmission system operator, from a very practical need: power system studies were becoming more complex, more numerous, and more tightly integrated with European processes than ever before. It led to designing a modular, extensible software library that could serve as a common foundation for many…
The energy sector must deliver affordable, reliable, safe, and clean energy. Achieving these outcomes requires digitalization. As utilities modernize the grid to handle variable generation and electrified demand, the substation is a critical focal point. Traditionally, substations rely on dedicated hardware for each function. This creates dependency on single-vendor roadmaps and limits flexibility. To address…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Jorrit Nutma of TNO and Nicolas Höning of Seita discussed how the S2 standard can improve interoperability between home energy management systems and flexible energy devices. The session explored why standardized interfaces are needed behind the meter, how S2 represents energy…
Event Recap: FOSDEM 2026 TL;DR At FOSDEM 2026, Alex Udaltsova and Sol Cotton of Open Climate Fix presented an open source global solar forecast and dashboard. The session explained how Open Climate Fix approaches renewable energy forecasting, introduced Open Quartz as a lightweight open source solar forecasting library, and demonstrated a global dashboard for exploring…
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…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Sascha Eschmann of RTE international presented how OperatorFabric can support coordination between transmission system operators and distribution system operators. The session introduced OperatorFabric as an open source communication platform for operational processes, then demonstrated how it can help operators share messages,…
Event Recap: FOSDEM 2026 TL;DR At FOSDEM 2026, Dr. Maximilian Pohl and Stijn van Houwelingen presented OpenLEADR-rs, an open source Rust implementation of the OpenADR protocol. The session introduced demand response, explained how OpenADR supports communication between grid operators and customer systems, and highlighted a Dutch grid-aware charging use case focused on public EV charging…
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.
On 21-22 May 2026, the LF Energy SEAPATH community gathered at RTE's Campus Transfo in Lyon, France – where, as the campus motto reads, "the future of electricity transmission takes shape" – for the first-ever SEAPATH Roadmap Workshop. With 45 participants representing 19 organizations from across the energy and open source software ecosystem, the two-day…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, representatives from Alliander, RTE France, E.ON, and Hydro-Québec discussed the growing role of Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) within grid operators. The panel explored why utilities are establishing OSPOs, how they build internal support for open source, and how open source…
This article was originally published by FlexMeasures. Read the original post here: https://flexmeasures.io/v033-copy-asset-account-sources/. TL;DR: FlexMeasures v0.33 introduces asset copying, improved account-linked data sources, a dedicated data ingestion queue, more granular monitoring controls, and more than 30 additional improvements. It is the final release before the project transitions from the 0.x series to version 1.x. v0.33:…
Event Recap: FOSDEM 2026 TL;DR At FOSDEM 2026, Bryn Pickering presented two platforms designed to help practitioners navigate the growing ecosystem of open source energy system modelling tools. The session introduced the Open Energy Modelling Tool Tracker, which aggregates repository and community data from approximately 200 tools, and a complementary feature comparison platform designed to…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Daniël Kok and Anna Van Velsen of Alliander presented how thermal models can help utilities move from static asset limits toward cyclic or dynamic ratings. The session explored how transformer temperature modeling can identify residual grid capacity, improve grid utilization, and…
OperatorFabric 4.12.0.RELEASE is now available. TL;DR: OperatorFabric 4.12.0.RELEASE includes dashboard enhancements, email gateway updates, administration improvements, CLI enhancements, bug fixes, configuration changes, and dependency upgrades. The release also introduces several upgrade-related changes, and a migration guide is available for users upgrading from version 4.11.x. This release introduces enhancements across the dashboard, email gateway, administration interface,…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Hauke Feiertag and Simon Seres (chargebyte GmbH) presented how chargebyte is combining the open source EVerest software stack with its own IoT-based energy management platform to support solar charging, dynamic electricity tariffs, and emerging vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid use cases. The session…
Event Recap: FOSDEM 2026 TL;DR At FOSDEM 2026, Marco Möller presented how the EVerest open source project approaches interoperability challenges in EV charging through shared software implementations, system-level testing, virtual testing environments, and operational feedback loops. The session explored how EVerest combines protocol implementations, hardware-in-the-loop testing, interoperability events, and federated testing to support increasingly complex…
Hugo Pfister, Manager Grid Security Applications, TenneT Netherlands TL;DR:TenneT shows that embedding software development directly within grid operations, rather than separating “business” and IT, enables faster iteration, better use of domain knowledge, and more effective tooling. Built on the open source PowSyBl framework, this model improves performance while leveraging shared infrastructure and community-driven development. The…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Nico Rikken (Alliander) examined the challenges open source projects can face when working with IEC standards. Drawing from his experience supporting open source projects at Alliander, Rikken discussed access barriers, licensing uncertainty around published IEC code components, incomplete code components and…
Ferdinando Bosco, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica & Vassilis Sakas, European Dynamics Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Vassilis Sakas (European Dynamics) and Ferdinando Bosco (Engineering Ingegneria Informatica) presented the OneNet Framework, an open data space solution for energy digitalisation. The session described how a federated governance layer and…
Summary Signal: TenneT TSO B.V. achieved a 10× performance improvement in grid security analysis by building ReFlow, an orchestration platform powered by the LF Energy open source project PowSyBl. The solution reduced grid calculation times from minutes to seconds, deployed in five months, with no proprietary licensing required. Download the pdf → The challenge At…
TL;DR: At FOSDEM 2026, Nicolas Höning presented how LF Energy FlexMeasures is expanding from single-site optimization to Community Energy Management Systems (CEMS). The approach allows individual homes, buildings, and business parks to optimize locally while a higher-level orchestration layer coordinates shared grid capacity, flexibility, and energy flows. What is FlexMeasures? FlexMeasures is an open source…
wEvent Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Yuichi Nakamura (Hitachi) examined how secure identity systems must evolve as AI agents interact directly with enterprise tools and data. The session outlined how open standards such as Model Context Protocol (MCP), OAuth 2.1, and Financial-grade API (FAPI), together with Keycloak,…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Jorn Baayen (PortfolioEnergy) detailed how the open source RTC-Tools platform is transforming power trading. By moving away from manual operations and closed-box third-party tools, the industry can leverage open source optimization to achieve high-performance results in utility-scale battery storage and microgrid…
The PowSyBl community has released powsybl-dependencies 2026.0.0, which concludes the last PowSyBl release train. PowSyBl is an open source library dedicated to electrical grid modeling and simulation. This release aligns versions across the PowSyBl ecosystem. Repository versions and links to specific release notes are provided in the table below. Repository Versions Repository Version powsybl-core 7.2.1…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Geethu Joseph (CRESYM) and Josep Fanals Batllori (eRoots Analytics) presented the expansion of OpenSynth into transmission system modeling. This growth is supported by the Detailed Grid Inner Topology Time series (D-GITT or DIGIT) hub and the release of the RTE7000 dataset,…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Thomas Wisbech (Energinet) presented Project Origin, a technical framework recently onboarded by the LF Energy Technical Advisory Committee. The project provides a digital infrastructure for granular certificates, enabling hourly tracking of renewable energy consumption and production. By utilizing cryptographic tools, including…
EVerest is the open firmware stack for EV charging infrastructure, handling every protocol layer from ISO 15118 to OCPP so vendors and operators can build on a production-grade, community-maintained foundation rather than rebuilding the same compliance infrastructure from scratch. The 2026.02.0 release marks a significant shift for the project: this is the first stable release…
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…
TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Anika Lange of the German Energy Agency (dena) shared insights from the Future Energy Lab on bridging the gap between public sector pilot projects and open source communities. The session explored how dena utilizes open source to break vendor lock-in and foster grid digitalization, while addressing the challenges…
TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Christophe Villemer (Savoir-faire Linux) detailed why digital sovereignty is a strategic requirement for power grid resilience. He introduced a four-pillar framework for autonomy and emphasized that LF Energy provides the neutral governance and utility-grade software projects, such as SEAPATH, necessary for grid operators to maintain control over their…
Engineering the Future: Alliander’s Journey Toward Software-Defined Substations Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Sander Jansen (Product Owner, Alliander N.V.) detailed the Dutch DSO’s transition toward software defined substations. The initiative focuses on decoupling hardware from software and introducing process bus (IEC 61850) to manage grid congestion.…
TL;DR: LF Energy announces the release of OperatorFabric 4.11.0. The latest version of the open source platform focuses on refining process monitoring, expanding email notification flexibility, and strengthening administrative tools for grid operators. This update improves the configurability and operational management of digital grid infrastructure. Digital Grid Infrastructure OperatorFabric serves as a modular digital collaboration…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Thomas Charton (National Grid Electricity Transmission) presented a proof of concept conducted with GE to evaluate LFE Seapath for hosting virtualized protection applications. The work examined deterministic real time performance, sampled value processing, system architecture, and scaling the platform for substations.…
TL;DR FlexMeasures v0.31 introduces API endpoints for triggering forecasts and restores visual annotations on time series data in the UI. The release also includes improvements to CSV upload validation, scheduling, user interface behavior, and infrastructure support. Read the full release notes >> View the full changelog >> Forecasting API FlexMeasures v0.31 introduces new forecasting API…
Nicolas Höning, Co-Founder at Seita Energy Flexibility and Maintainer, LF Energy FlexMeasures Managing energy "behind-the-meter" (BTM) offers significant benefits. Especially as modern electricity grids face congestion, as well as fluctuating prices and incentives. Everybody easily agrees with the idea that solar energy, EV charging, batteries, and heat pumps should work together like an orchestra to…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Bastien Desbos (RTE) presented how RTE is using SEAPATH to virtualize protection, automation, and control (PAC) systems. By running virtual machines on a three-server cluster, virtualizing functions results in less dedicated hardware, enables VM-level redundancy, and moves from turnkey supplier-specific systems…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Michael Stuber (Southern California Edison) presented GEISA, the Grid Edge Interoperability and Security Alliance, a project designed to address interoperability at the grid edge. GEISA defines a management API, a data API, and two execution environments, Linux and virtual, to enable…
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…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Antonello Monti (RWTH Aachen University) and Alexandre Lucas (InescTEC) presented CUPID, a project derived from the EU-funded InterStore initiative and later brought to the Linux Foundation as a separate project. CUPID consists of three components: an implementation of IEEE 2030.5 over…
Power system modeling continues to play a critical role in grid planning, analysis, and operational readiness, especially as networks become more complex and more data-driven. Power Grid Model is designed to support this work with open, extensible software that emphasizes correctness, transparency, and real-world applicability. The v1.13.x release series advances these goals with expanded power…
For the first time ever, LF Energy is bringing a dedicated booth to DISTRIBUTECH 2026, February 2–5 in San Diego – and we’re not coming empty-handed. DISTRIBUTECH is the premier transmission and distribution event in North America, bringing together utilities, technology vendors, researchers, and grid operators to explore what’s next for power systems. This year,…
Event Recap: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 TL;DR This session showed how high-resolution measurement combined with virtualised edge computing can consolidate substation monitoring and analytics into shared infrastructure, improving visibility while reducing hardware complexity and operational blind spots. Presentation Overview In the session End-to-End Substation Digitalisation with QMU 800 and CMPC 800, Ebrahim Balouji, Founder…
How open source is powering the digital energy transition Summary Signal LF Energy 101 at OSS Japan 2025 presented how open source is powering the digital energy transition, highlighting why modern energy systems require software-defined, community-driven approaches to remain reliable, scalable, and secure. Event Overview LF Energy 101 at OSS Japan 2025 How…
Members of the LF Energy are once again managing an Energy devroom at FOSDEM 2026, taking place Jan 31 - Feb 1 in Brussels. The energy devroom helps to foster the broad collaboration that is needed to successfully transform global energy systems though open source. The devroom will take place on Saturday, Jan 31 in Room AW1.126…
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…
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…
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…
LF Energy is pleased to announce the release of SEAPATH v1.2, the latest milestone for the open source, industrial-grade virtualization platform for digital substations. This release delivers meaningful improvements across deployment, configuration, and day-to-day operations, making SEAPATH easier to adopt and operate for utilities, integrators, and technology vendors. SEAPATH v1.2 focuses on three major areas:…
The LF Energy PowSyBl community has released powsybl-dependencies 2025.3.0, which concludes the last PowSyBl release train. PowSyBl is an open source library dedicated to electrical grid modeling and simulation. This release corresponds to aligned releases across the PowSyBl repositories. The versions and detailed release notes for each repository are listed in the table below. Repository…
Content Type: Event Recap Event: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025Session: Scalable Fleet Management and Automation for Next-Gen SubstationsSpeakers: Ingo Boernig (Red Hat), Christian Koep (Red Hat) TL;DR — Declarative lifecycle management for large substation fleets Ingo Boernig and Christian Koep presented an approach for managing large fleets of substation systems using Flight Control and a…
This piece was contributed by Guillaume Tucker and is reprinted with permission. View the original post here. SEAPATH deployment, RTE campus tour and where I stand The time has come to wrap up this blog series about Digital Substations. More than a conclusion, it totally feels like a new beginning. The past few months have been…
This article was originally posted at FlexMeasures 20 Nov 2025 v0.30: Forecasting revamped Forecasting in the FlexMeasures UI Version v0.30 of FlexMeasures revamps forecasting - in short, we now support fixed- viewpoint forecasting, which is much better suited to real-life usage than the previous implementation, and use more modern tooling. Three other notable features: Expose prior…
The inaugural LF Energy Seminar in Japan was held on November 27, 2025. Thanks to the support of Hitachi, Ltd., an LF Energy General Member, the event took place at the Lumada Innovation Hub Tokyo - an innovation space directly connected to Tokyo Station, designed to foster new value creation and co-creation for digital transformation…
Content Type: Event Recap Event: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 Session: The Value of Open Source Short-term Energy Forecasting Demonstrinated Through Real-world Use Cases Speakers: Bart Pleiter (Alliander), Jan Maarten van Doorn (Sigholm) TL;DR — Forecasting as Critical Digital Infrastructure At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Bart Pleiter and Jan Maarten van Doorn showed how…
ContentType: Event Recap Event: LF Energy Summit Europe 2025 Session: Beyond the Switch: Software as the New Backbone of Energy Infrastructure Speakers: Dr. Christian Hille (Accenture), Prof. Antonello Monti (RWTH Aachen University) TL;DR — A New Era for Operational Technology At LF Energy Summit Europe 2025, Dr. Christian Hille and Prof. Antonello Monti explored how…
Summary Signal: Presented at the LF Energy Summit Europe 2025: At the Summit, Peter Salemink and Jaap Schouten from Alliander introduced Power Grid Model DS, a new open source toolkit designed to simplify data science workflows for distribution system analysis. Developed within Alliander and now contributed to the LF Energy ecosystem, the project bridges the…
TL;DR: LF Energy announces the release of OperatorFabric 4.10.0. The latest release of the open source platform designed to improve real-time decision support, interoperability, and situational awareness across energy systems. The update enhances process monitoring, user interface configurability, and security, providing a more flexible experience for developers and grid operators. Smarter Grid Operations OperatorFabric serves…
Download this case study in PDF format Overview PowSyBl (Power System Blocks) is an open source library for power system modeling, visualization, and simulation. It enables transmission system operators (TSOs), regional coordination centres (RCCs), and other stakeholders to build advanced grid analysis tools tailored to their specific needs. Written in Java, PowSyBl supports a modular,…
Across Europe, transmission system operators (TSOs) and regional coordination centers (RCCs) are deploying PowSyBl (Power System Blocks), an open framework governed by LF Energy, to modernize cross-border grid planning and operations. Developed collaboratively by organizations such as RTE, Artelys, and AIA, PowSyBl now underpins core capacity calculation and security analysis workflows across multiple regions. From…
October 3, 2025 — Varennes / Montreal, Canada (IREQ, Hydro‑Québec) LF Energy hosted its inaugural North America Summit in Varennes, Quebec, just outside Montreal, with Hydro‑Québec serving as gracious host at their world-class research facility, IREQ. The event coincided with peak autumn colors and followed a busy week at CIGRE’s international gathering, bringing together a…
TL;DR (Dateline: October 2025 – LF Energy Summit) At the 2025 LF Energy Summit, experts from Accenture and Artelys — including Jannis Kahlen (Accenture, Netherlands), Nicolas Omont (Artelys, France), Gladys Leon (Artelys España Soluciones Analíticas S.L., Spain), and Jordanno de Assuncao Paiva (Accenture, Germany) — presented the session “Open-Source Congestion Management: Future-Proofing Solutions for the…
LF Energy has announced updates to CoMPAS Open SCD, the open source tool supporting substation configuration and interoperability within digital grid environments. This update focuses on maintaining alignment with the latest Open SCD toolchain and improving integration stability across COMPAS components. Recent Changes #234: Raise CoMPAS Open SCD version to 0.41.0.5 #237: Update CoMPAS Open SCD…
At the 2025 LF Energy Summit, Bastien Desbos, Project Manager at RTE, outlined how France’s national transmission operator is pioneering digital transformation of substation infrastructure through open source virtualization technologies: SEAPATH and VIPeR. The transformation moves RTE from proprietary, monolithic PACS systems to modular, interoperable open source architectures, unlocking flexibility, resilience, and transparency across the…
This piece was contributed by Guillaume Tucker and is reprinted with permission. View the original post here. The energy world is overwhelmingly large. This blog series draws a line around digital electrical substations which are themselves a very rich topic with many avenues to explore. The first part covered some basic concepts along with my first impressions…
LF Energy Summit Europe came to Germany for the first time, taking place 10-11 September 2025 in Aachen. The event hosted a record-breaking crowd of 365 stakeholders – a nearly 50% increase from 2024 – from across electric utilities, technology vendors, policy makers, global energy companies, researchers, and more. The event featured over 100 sessions…
LF Energy has announced the release of OperatorFabric 4.9.0 the open source modular platform that enables real-time decision support and interoperability across energy systems and grid operations. This release removes the monitoring screen and improves the features of the custom screen, and includes UI improvements, new logging actions, security updates, and updated framework dependencies. Features #8245 :…
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…
The digital transformation of energy requires more than hardware, more than standards, and more than software alone. It requires a commons: shared building blocks that companies, utilities, and innovators can rely on to build interoperable, production-ready systems. That is why LF Energy is proud to highlight the leadership of Pionix, an LF Energy General Member,…
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 is pleased to announce the release of Power Grid Model v1.12.0, the latest version of our high-performance, open source library for power system analysis and simulation. This release delivers significant enhancements to state estimation, improved documentation, critical bug fixes, and a number of internal optimizations that improve performance and maintainability. 🚀 Key Highlights…
This article was originally posted by the Centre for Net Zero, and is republished with permission Overview OpenSynth is an open data community, originated by Centre for Net Zero (CNZ) and sourced under The Linux Foundation (LF Energy). It is designed to democratise access to AI-generated synthetic data and accelerate the decarbonisation of global energy…
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…
Earlier this month, members of the LF Energy community participated in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 2025 Technical Conference on “Increasing Real-Time and Day-Ahead Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved Software,” held July 8-10 in Washington, DC. This influential annual event convenes leading voices from system operators, academia, national labs, software vendors, and regulators…
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…
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…
This article was originally posted at FlexMeasures Version v0.27 of FlexMeasures brings a long-overdue feature: ability to schedule multiple flexible assets in one go 👯. Also, a major step towards modern cyber-security 🔐 standards: two-factor authentication. And there is even more: upload data per file, edit users, ... See the changelog for a complete list of…
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…
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…
This piece was contributed by Guillaume Tucker and is reprinted with permission. View the original post here. Electricity has been a well-known commodity for over a century. When I was a student learning electronics and power applications in the early 2000s, renewable energy sources were very scarce. Generators could be found in off-grid locations and…
LF Energy has announced v4.8.0 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 improves the features of custom screens amongst a variety of other new features and fixes. Full details follow below, or view the release notes…
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…
On 16 May 2025, the LF Energy Power Grid Model (PGM) community gathered at Delft University of Technology for the first-ever full-day meetup. With 80+ participants joining both in person and online, the event combined hands-on technical workshops, an interactive hackathon session with four collaborative projects, and a vibrant afternoon of presentations and networking. The…
This post was originally published at FlexMeasures Version v0.26 of FlexMeasures makes the scheduler more flexible for edge situations (in which the target might be just out of reach, or not all targets can be satisfied). This is an important step in scheduling that behaves according to the priorities of each site. Also, the UI…
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…
The article was originally posted at PyTorch OpenSynth has recently leveraged PyTorch to improve the experience of its users and community. OpenSynth is an open source community hosted by LF Energy that is democratising access to synthetic energy demand data. Access to smart meter data is essential to rapid and successful energy transitions. Researchers, modelers…
By Thijs Baaijen, Alliander In the complex world of energy grid modeling and simulation, a picture is truly worth a thousand data points. We are excited to announce that with our latest release 1.3 of Power Grid Model Data Science Toolkit (PGM-DS) in the Power Grid Model Suite, this release brings your distribution power grid models…
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…
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…
This post was contributed by Jaap Schouten of Alliander The energy transition is not just a shift from fossil fuels to renewable sources; it's a revolution that demands innovation, optimisation, and collaboration. As we strive to build a sustainable future, the integration of renewable energy into our power grids becomes a critical challenge. This is…
As energy systems evolve in complexity and scale, Transmission System Operators (TSOs) are facing mounting pressure to modernize their infrastructure while maintaining security, reliability, and cost-efficiency. At the recent Smart Grid Tech Forum 2025, representatives from Straton Automation, RTE (France’s Transmission System Operator), and Savoir-faire Linux shared a look into how virtualization is reshaping the…
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…
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…
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 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…
At FOSDEM 2025, Nicolas Höning from Seita Energy Flexibility took the stage in the Energy Devroom to discuss the challenges and opportunities surrounding the adoption of the S2 energy flexibility protocol. His talk, titled "From the Battlelines of the S2 Energy Flexibility Protocol Adoption," focused on the LF Energy FlexMeasures project and the role of…
Download this case study in PDF format Overview RTE, the French transmission system operator, has successfully implemented SEAPATH as the virtualization environment for its new generation of Protection, Automation, and Control (PAC) systems, known as R#SPACE. This fully digital, IEC 61850-based multi-vendor PACS leverages SEAPATH to enable high-availability and real-time virtualization in substations. Since the…
At FOSDEM 2025, Andreas Heinrich of PIONIX delivered a session in the Energy Devroom, titled "Bidirectional Charging: Protocols, Challenges & Strategies with EVerest." His talk explored the fundamentals of bidirectional charging, its benefits, various charging strategies, and the role of open source initiatives like LF Energy EVerest in addressing challenges within this evolving space. A…
The FOSDEM 2025 Energy Devroom featured a presentation by Jaap Schouten and Thijs Baaijen from Alliander, a Dutch distribution system operator. Their talk, titled "Empowering the Energy Transition thru Fast & Flexible Network Simulation," highlighted the importance of open source tools in tackling the challenges of modern power grids. Here’s a summary of the key…
In the Energy Devroom at FOSDEM 2025, Frédéric Didier from RTE, France's Transmission System Operator (TSO), presented a session focused on LF Energy OperatorFabric, an open source tool designed to enhance decision-making and collaboration in energy control rooms. Originally an impromptu session after a last-minute cancellation, Didier provided a compelling demonstration of the platform's capabilities. The…
The FOSDEM 2025 Energy Devroom featured a presentation by Christian Weissmann from S44 Energy on the evolution of LF Energy CitrineOS, an open source Charge Station Management System (CSMS). One year after its initial introduction at FOSDEM, CitrineOS has made significant strides in tackling the complexities of EV charging infrastructure. Here are the key takeaways…
By Nicolas Honing, Seita Energy Flexibility The energy sector is undergoing a major transformation, with new challenges and opportunities arising from the rise of renewable energy sources and the electrification of everything from heating to transportation. One of the most pressing challenges is managing the increasing demand for electricity while ensuring grid stability and minimizing…
FOSDEM 2025 saw a complete day of packed sessions exploring the open source ecosystem for energy systems in the Energy Devroom, managed by members of the LF Energy community. The theme of this year's devroom was "Accelerating the Transition through Open Source", and included two dozen presentations on open source solutions for areas ranging from…
This post was originally published by PIONIX, and is cross-posted with permission With 2025 in full swing, let’s take this as an opportunity to look back on the successes of LF Energy EVerest project over the past year - and to take a look at what's to come … 2024: A year of growth If we…
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…
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…
View this case study in PDF format The Challenge When the province of Gelderland’s concession for 191 EV chargers expired in early 2024, the region faced a dilemma. These chargers, initially installed in 2013, were outdated and increasingly unreliable due to the manufacturer, EVBOX, ceasing support. Traditionally, such infrastructure is replaced entirely at the end…
Members of the LF Energy community successfully applied to manage an Energy devroom at FOSDEM 2024, taking place Feb 1-2 in Brussels. The focus of the room is “Accelerating the Transition through Open Source”. The Energy devroom will take place on Sunday, Feb 2 in Room H.2214 at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and will also be livestreamed.…
Recently, both Centre for Net Zero (CNZ) and TU Delft shared a combination of synthetic and real data with the LF Energy OpenSynth community. These datasets are helping build up a diverse database with input from around the world, and make it far easier to perform accurate energy modeling activities while ensuring security and privacy…
LF Energy has announced v4.6.0-RC.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. The new version provides a variety of bug fixes, dependency updates, and new features including improvements to the OperatorFabric API, email communications, command line interface, and…
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…
The LF Energy PowSyBl community has released powsybl-dependencies 2024.4.0, 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 are included in the table below. Repository Release notes powsybl-core v6.6.0 powsybl-open-loadflow v1.14.1 powsybl-diagram v4.7.0 powsybl-dynawo v2.7.0 powsybl-entsoe v2.12.0 powsybl-open-rao v6.2.0 The…
This article was originally posted at FlexMeasures Screenshot of Nissan Leaf V2G setup of Aard Jonker Version v0.24 of FlexMeasures adds more expressive power for behind-the-meter scheduling constraints, and it also lets you design your graph dashboard. And we completed pagination in the UI. This was actually a larger release (~70 PRs, three new committers). See…
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…
David Chassin of Eudoxys Sciences’ presentation at LF Energy Summit 2024 provided key insights into the development, challenges, and future of Arras Energy, an open source tool designed to support research and simulation for the evolving energy grid. A summary of the session follows, and the full video can be found at the end of…
At 2024 LF Energy Summit in Brussels, the panel discussion titled "The Future of Energy with Open Renewable Energy Systems (ORES)" brought together leading experts in technology, government, and energy to explore the transformative role of open renewable energy systems. Moderated by Chris Xie, Head of Open Source Strategy at Futurewei, the session featured Tony…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Daan van Es from Alliander delivered a session on "Net Congestion Forecasting." As a product owner in short-term forecasting, van Es shared valuable insights into the critical challenge of managing congestion in the energy grid, a problem that has gained prominence across Europe, particularly in the Netherlands. A…
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…
At 2024 LF Energy Summit in Brussels, Pascal Wilbrink from OpenValue Arnhem delivered an insightful presentation titled “CoMPAS and Beyond: Simplifying IEC61850.” Wilbrink, a software developer, discussed the complexities of the IEC61850 standard and how CoMPAS - a project under the LF Energy umbrella - is streamlining the editing of Substation Configuration Language (SCL) files…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, a key panel titled "What's Clean? How Granular Data Holds the Answers to Clean Electrification and Trade" was hosted by Killian Daly of EnergyTag, with panelists Eloi Febrega Ferrer (Flexidao), Nicolas Bernhardi (Energinet), Devon Swezey (Google), and Katrien Verwimp (Association of Issuing Bodies). The discussion centered on how…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Marta Vanin from KU Leuven and EnergyVille presented a session on "Decision Support Tools for Power Systems Planning and Operations," highlighting their work in developing open source tools for power system analysis, particularly in the areas of transmission and distribution systems. Below is a summary of their key…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Bastien Desbos and Florent Carli of RTE presented a session on the SEAPATH project. Their presentation highlighted the current applications of SEAPATH, its technical architecture, and the challenges and future opportunities of virtualizing substation environments in power grids. Key highlights from the session follow below, and the full…
At 2024 LF Energy Summit, Abder Elandaloussi, a manager at Southern California Edison (SCE), delivered a session on the transformative potential of digital twins for electric utilities. With utilities facing mounting pressures from electrification, decarbonization, and grid complexity, Elandaloussi underscored the necessity of digital twins as a crucial tool for navigating these challenges. A summary…
The European energy market faces an ever-growing challenge of managing renewable energy exchanges across borders, given the increasing volatility of wind and solar power production. At LF Energy Summit 2024, Nicolas Omont from Artelys and Philippe Edwards from RTE presented how OpenRAO, an open source tool, helps optimize these energy flows and enhance cross-border capacity.…
LF Energy is happy to announce today that a new Rust implementation of OpenADR 3.0 is now part of the LF Energy OpenLEADR project. OpenADR 3.0 is the latest version of the OpenADR standard that was created in 2009. According to the OpenADR Alliance, it is “designed to complement older versions of the standard”, such…
At LF Energy Summit 2024, Tamás Russ of SprintEins presented a session on OpenSCD, a tool designed to enable fully digital substations through seamless design, commissioning, maintenance, and replacement workflows. Russ highlighted the tool’s compatibility with IEC 61850 standards and its broad utility for companies and individuals involved in substation design. A summary of the…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Minh Dupuis of GE Vernova presented a session on "TROLIE - Establishing an Open Conformance Standard for the Exchange of Transmission Facility Ratings." The presentation highlighted the importance of open and interoperable systems in the energy grid, focusing on the need for a standardized API for exchanging transmission…
Linux Foundation Energy has announced the 1.10 release series of Power Grid Model (PGM), including support for columnar data and a generic branch component type. PGM is a high-performance Python/C++ library for steady-state distribution power system analysis. Details of all changes in this release follow, and the release notes are also available. Highlights ✅ Added native support…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Stéphane Dellacherie from Hydro-Quebec presented a session titled Machine Learning for Short-Term Demand Forecasting on the Quebec Power Grid. This session provided insights into the challenges and advancements in predicting energy demand, particularly in the context of Quebec’s grid, which is deeply impacted by weather and climate factors.…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Erwann Roussy from Savoir-faire Linux and Camilo De Arriba from GE Vernova shared their insights on deploying virtual Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) using the LF Energy SEAPATH project. Their presentation provided an in-depth look at the challenges, strategies, and technologies required for this critical innovation in power systems.…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Daniel Roesler from UtilityAPI and Eloi Fàbrega Ferrer from Flexidao introduced the latest drafts from the Carbon Data Specification Consortium (CDSC). Their session focused on the CDSC’s efforts to create open source standards for discovering, registering, and securely accessing customer utility data. These standards, developed by CDSC working…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Ton van der Knaap of Stedin introduced "NBility," an open source business capability model designed to enhance collaboration among grid operators. NBility, which has evolved from a model used in the Netherlands, is intended to address the industry's need for a common framework to streamline business design, decision-making,…
At LF Energy Summit 2024, Tom Arthur, CEO of Dianomic, presented a session on "An Intelligent Edge for Energy Automation: FledgePOWER in RTE Substations, JEA’s IIOT & 61850." The talk revolved around the crucial role of edge computing in managing operational technology (OT) data within energy automation and how FledgePOWER, an open source Industrial Internet…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, a panel discussion titled "Why Open Standards Are Important for the Energy Sector, and How to Progress Them" shed light on the crucial role of open standards in the energy sector and how industry stakeholders are navigating their development and adoption. Moderated by Alex Thornton of LF Energy,…
At the LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Sukhil Patel and Zakari Watts of Open Climate Fix presented the exciting progress of their Quartz Solar OS open source project. This innovative tool is designed to create more accurate solar forecasts and tackle one of the most critical challenges in transitioning to renewable energy sources: variability…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Kristjan Vilgo from Baltic RCC presented a session titled "European Merging Function Made Open Source." This talk offered valuable insights into the challenges, strategies, and successes of implementing an open source approach in a complex, traditionally closed industry. A summary follows, and the full video of the session…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Maarten Mulder from Alliander showcased Grid eXchange Fabric (GXF), a versatile communication platform that bridges the gap between physical energy devices and digital systems. GXF serves as a building block in the LF Energy ecosystem, designed to help grid operators manage the complexity of the energy transition by…
At the 2024 Intercharge Network Conference (ICNC) in Berlin, Alex Thornton, Executive Director of LF Energy, delivered a presentation on how open source can address the reliability challenges of electric vehicle (EV) charging. As the adoption of electric vehicles increases, so too does the demand for a more reliable and seamless charging experience, something Thornton…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Prince Singh from Alliander delivered a presentation on LF Energy’s approach to functional architecture, particularly highlighting how collaborative, value-oriented architectural practices can drive the energy transition forward. His talk offered insights into the role of architecture in co-creating value and fostering innovation across the energy ecosystem (full video…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Christian Merz from Elia Group and Nico Westerbeck from InstaDeep delivered a presentation titled "A GPU-Native Approach on Tackling Grid Topology Optimization." The session shed light on innovative methods to optimize grid topology using GPU-native solutions, addressing significant challenges faced by grid operators, particularly in relation to congestion…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Juan Carlos Oviedo Cepeda and Rodrigues Kwate Kwate from Hydro-Québec shared an approach to grid management in their presentation titled “Custom Grid Functions for Active Customers Using OSED (Open Source Edge DMS).” Their talk focused on how utilities can harness edge computing to create smarter, more responsive energy…
At 2024 LF Energy Summit in Brussels, Christoph Schimeczek from the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center) presented FAME (Framework for Agent-Based Modelling of Energy Systems), a powerful open source tool designed to streamline and simplify the process of modeling complex energy systems. Key insights from the presentation follow (full video is…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Gabe Hege, chairperson of the Battery Data Alliance and founder of AmpLabs, delivered a session titled "Challenges and Opportunities Working with Battery Data." This presentation focused on the expanding role of batteries in energy systems and the critical need for innovative data solutions to overcome challenges in the…
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…
LF Energy PowSyBl has released powsybl-dependencies 2024.3.0, which concludes the last PowSyBl release train. You can find all the repositories' versions and release notes in the table below. Repository Version powsybl-core 6.5.0 powsybl-open-loadflow 1.13.1 powsybl-diagram 4.6.1 powsybl-dynawo 2.6.0 powsybl-entsoe 2.11.0 powsybl-open-rao 6.1.0 powsybl-distribution 2024.3.0 powsybl-starter 2024.3.0 The most noteworthy new features are: Full dry run for…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Nicolas Omont of Artelys presented a case on the business model of open source in power grids, particularly for service providers. His talk highlighted Artelys' role in the CorNet project, its use of open source tools, and the broader implications for business models in the energy sector. Here's…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Nicolas Höning of Seita Energy Flexibility presented an insightful session titled "Knowledge Transfer Between Past to Current Projects - from Interflex to FlexMeasures." The talk explored the complexities of sustaining innovation in energy flexibility projects, reflecting on both the successes and pitfalls of previous endeavors while offering a…
The session "PowSyBl AC Optimal Power Flows" at LF Energy Summit 2024, presented by Nicolas Omont of Artelys, delved into the intricacies of nonlinear optimal power flows (OPF) and their application to power systems. Omont provided insights into the challenges and opportunities associated with solving AC (alternating current) OPF problems, contrasting them with simpler, linearized…
At the 2024 LF Energy Summit in Brussels, Sebastiaan la Fleur from la Fleur Software Engineering delivered an insightful lightning talk titled "Future-Proof Protocol for Energy Flexibility." As the world moves towards decarbonization and increased reliance on distributed energy resources (DERs), ensuring that communication protocols between energy assets and optimization systems are adaptable to future…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Eloi Bail, from Savoir-faire Linux, presented an insightful session on SEAPATH “Certified”, a groundbreaking project focused on creating hardware certification for virtualized infrastructure in the energy sector. The presentation emphasized how SEAPATH addresses critical infrastructure needs with open source solutions, ensuring long-term reliability and security. Here are the…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Nico Rikken from Alliander shared a detailed look into how their Open Source Program Office (OSPO) manages automated checks before publishing open source code. Alliander, a distribution grid operator in the Netherlands, has been actively contributing to open source projects as part of their digital transformation efforts. Nico’s…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, John Gorman, co-founder of the SolarNetwork Foundation, and Joel Santisteban, CEO of Ecosuite, delivered a presentation titled "Leveraging Underutilized DER Edge Compute to Improve Market Efficiencies." Their talk focused on how distributed energy resources (DERs), coupled with edge computing, can drive market efficiencies by optimizing grid services, improving…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Nico Rikken and Jonas van den Bogaard from Alliander shared their insights on transforming internal projects into open source initiatives. Their session, "Unlocking the Potential of Open Source: Transforming an Internal Project Into an Open Source Project," highlighted best practices, challenges, and lessons learned from Alliander’s journey in…
LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels showcased exciting discussions about the future of power systems and grid technologies. One of the standout presentations was titled "Vision for Power Systems Planning, the GridCal Example" delivered by Santiago Peñate Vera, a Power Systems Engineer at Redeia, Spain's Transmission System Operator (TSO). Santiago shared his thoughts on the…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Suyash Joshi, a Developer Advocate at InfluxData, presented a session titled "ju:niz Energy Storage: A Case Study." The session explored how ju:niz, a German pioneer in decentralized energy storage, leveraged InfluxDB to overcome critical challenges in managing large-scale energy systems (full video follows at the end). 1. Introduction…
At the LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Dr. Marius Shekow and Florian Röder from SprintEins delivered a session titled "Strengthening Open Source Resilience: Managing Dependencies for Security." With open source software driving innovation in industries such as energy, ensuring the security of dependencies is crucial. The session explored practical strategies and tools for managing…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Peter Salemink from Alliander presented on how Power Grid Model is transforming distribution system analysis. With a background as a development lead and scientific software engineer, Salemink shared key updates on the project and its practical applications for distribution system operators (DSOs). Here’s a breakdown of the highlights…
This week Enel X Way North America, a subsidiary of Enel, announced it would cease operation of its EV charging business in North America, which includes support for its JuiceBox EV chargers. While the company says that the chargers installed in private homes will still function, they will no longer have any customer support and…
LF Energy Summit 2024 saw an insightful presentation from Dr. Antonello Monti of RWTH Aachen University, shedding light on RomeFlex, a revolutionary project that brings the LF Energy SOGNO platform into real-world action. This project, driven by a commercial implementation in Rome, represents a significant shift in the energy landscape, marking the transition from research…
The energy sector is undergoing a transformative shift toward sustainability, and open source software is playing a critical role in this transition. At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, experts from the industry gathered to discuss how Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) can enhance open source readiness and management in the energy sector. The panel,…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Robert de Leeuw from PIONIX provided an update on the EVerest project. EVerest is an open source software stack designed to standardize and streamline the operation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. Here are the key takeaways from the presentation, which covered the project’s current status, its potential…
The LF Energy SEAPATH community gathered at LF Energy Summit in Brussels on September 5 and 6, 2024, for a meetup hosted by Eloi Bail of Savoir-faire Linux. SEAPATH aims to develop a “reference design” and “industrial grade” open source real-time platform that can run virtualized automation and protection applications for power substations and other…
LF Energy Summit 2024 held in Brussels highlighted the critical role of data sharing and infrastructure in advancing energy systems, especially in emerging markets. In a keynote session titled “The Role of Data Sharing and Infrastructure in Energy Data Infrastructure of Emerging Markets,” experts from the World Bank, NEO BV, Open Data Services Co-operative, and…
In a keynote delivered at LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Christophe Villemer of Savoir-faire Linux shared his journey and lessons learned from building a successful open source business, focusing on the LF Energy SEAPATH project. Drawing from more than two decades of experience in the open source world, Villemer reflected on the growing opportunities…
At LF Energy Summit 2024, a diverse panel of experts came together to discuss how open source collaboration can drive forward the energy transition. Moderated by Dan Brown of LF Energy, the panel included industry and academic leaders: Antonello Monti (RWTH Aachen University), Lucian Balea (RTE), Savannah Goodman (Google), Jonas van den Bogaard (Alliander), and…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Mark van Stiphout, Deputy Head of Unit for Research, Innovation, Digitalisation, and Competitiveness at DG Energy at the European Commission, delivered a keynote on how Europe can meet its energy transition goals through digitalization and greater coordination. His presentation titled "The Energy Transition Needs Faster Digitalization That Needs…
At LF Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels, Alex Thornton, Executive Director of LF Energy, took the stage to lay out a bold vision for how open source technology will drive the decarbonization of global energy systems and emphasized the critical role the community will play in achieving this goal. Here are the key takeaways from…
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…
LF Energy Summit came to Brussels 5-6 September 2024, gathering a sold out crowd of 250 stakeholders from across electric utilities, technology vendors, policy makers, global energy companies, researchers, and more. The event featured 34 breakout sessions, five keynotes, seven lightning talks, nine live demos, seven working group and project meetups, and three interactive workshops. …
OpenSynth is an open data community, originated by the Centre for Net Zero and open sourced under LF Energy. It empowers both holders of raw smart meter data around the world to be able to generate and share synthetic data, and for community members to generate, improve and share algorithms. Following the recent launch of…
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…
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…
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…
One of the most compelling arguments for open source is its inherent ability to remain sustainable over time, regardless of the involvement of any one individual or organization. This is in contrast to proprietary technologies, which often rely heavily on single vendors for ongoing maintenance and support. If that vendor drops support or goes out…
LF Energy is thrilled to announce that the OpenSynth Model Repository is now live! This marks a significant milestone for the energy industry and the global community of researchers, modelers, and policymakers dedicated to advancing energy transitions. What is OpenSynth? OpenSynth, originated by Centre for Net Zero (CNZ) and now open sourced under LF Energy,…
Linux Foundation Energy has announced v4.4.0-RC.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. The new version adds a Command Line Interface to ease interaction with OperatorFabric. Other improvements include new security features and more. Specific updates follow below,…
The LF Energy PowSyBl community has released powsybl-dependencies 2024.2.0, 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 are included in the table below. Repository Version powsybl-core 6.4.1 powsybl-open-loadflow 1.12.2 powsybl-diagram 4.5.1 powsybl-dynawo 2.5.1 powsybl-entsoe 2.10.1 powsybl-open-rao…
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",…
SAN FRANCISCO — JULY 16, 2024 — LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to accelerate the energy transition, announces the release of LF Energy CitrineOS 1.3.0. This new release marks a significant advancement in CitineOS' implementation of an Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) 2.0.1…
In a panel session at the Open Sustainability Policy Summit, experts from diverse sectors converged to discuss the pivotal role of Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) and why every organization should consider establishing one (video follows below). Moderated by Ana Jimenez-Santamaria of the TODO Group, the session featured insights from leaders shaping OSPO initiatives across…
In a recent presentation at the Open Sustainability Policy Summit, Olga Livingston, Principal Cyber Economist at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), shared valuable insights on how to safely and securely use open source software (video follows below). With her extensive background in mathematical economics and statistics, Livingston highlighted several best practices and key…
At the recent Open Sustainability Policy Summit, Rachel Goldstein, Research and Modeling Manager at Energy Innovation, took the stage to introduce the Energy Policy Simulator (EPS), a robust, free, and open source tool designed to aid policymakers in crafting effective energy and climate policies. Here’s a breakdown of the key insights from her presentation: 1.…
At the recent Open Sustainability Policy Summit, Gord Stephen from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) shared insights on the collaborative efforts of NREL and the Global Power System Transformation Consortium (G-PST) in advancing open, multi-model workflows for integrated system planning. Here are the key takeaways from his presentation: 1. NREL and G-PST Collaboration Stephen…
At the recent Open Sustainability Policy Summit 2024, Max Ghenis of PolicyEngine shared groundbreaking work on integrating tax and benefit policy analysis into the energy transition. Here are the key takeaways from his presentation: 1. Introducing PolicyEngine Ghenis began by introducing PolicyEngine, a nonprofit organization and open source platform dedicated to public policy analysis. PolicyEngine…
At the Open Sustainability Policy Summit 2024, Connor Waldoch, the Head of Product and Founder at Grid Status, delivered a presentation on the critical role of accessible energy data in fostering innovation within the energy sector (video follows below). Here are the key takeaways from his session: 1. Challenges of Accessing Public Energy Data Waldoch…
At the recent Open Sustainability Policy Summit, Santiago Peñate-Vera, Project Manager for Advanced Grid Insights at Redeia, delivered an insightful presentation titled "A Vision for Power Systems Planning" (video follows below). Peñate-Vera's address underscored the critical elements necessary for advancing power systems to meet the demands of a sustainable future. Here are the key takeaways…
Day 2 of the Open Sustainability Policy Summit kicked off with an energizing and insightful session led by Jonathan Moore, the founder and CEO of RowdyOrb. His presentation, titled "Overview of RowdyOrb and the JHU Inclusive Innovation Initiative," brought to light some critical advancements in bridging the digital divide and fostering community sovereignty. Here are…
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will host an event July 9-11 on the topic of “Increasing Real-Time and Day-Ahead Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved Software”. According to FERC, “This conference will bring together experts from diverse backgrounds including electric power system operators, software developers, government, research centers, and academia. The conference will…
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…
At the Open Sustainability Policy Summit 2024, McGee Young, founder and CEO of WattCarbon, shared an ambitious vision for revolutionizing the energy sector through the deployment of the first hourly Energy Attribute Certificate (EAC) market tailored specifically for Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) (video follows below). Here are the key takeaways from his insightful presentation. Introduction…
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…
At the recent Open Sustainability Policy Summit, a panel discussion, moderated by DeAndrea Salvador from Eli Technologies, brought to light the NODE Collective’s innovative approach to streamlining residential electrification incentives across the United States (video follows below). The panel featured industry leaders Kristin Eberhard, Senior Director of State & Local Policy at Rewiring America; Steve…
The journey towards a sustainable future is an ambitious and complex path that requires robust data infrastructure, advanced technologies, and extensive collaboration across industries. This was the focal point of the session "Path to 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy: Data Driven Decarbonization and Industry Collaboration" presented by Hallie Cramer from Google and Audrey Lee from Microsoft at…
The Open Sustainability Policy Summit 2024 hosted a panel titled "Identifying Data Dependencies for a Robust Granular Certificate Marketplace" (video follows below). Moderated by Katie Soroye, VP of Granular Procurement Solutions at LevelTen Energy, the session featured insights from Karl Breustedt (Senior Director of Business Development and Operations, Singularity Energy), James Critchfield (Director, Green Power…
This article was originally published by PIONIX, and is reused with permission. Giving up control and making yourself dependent, in other words: being caught in a golden cage. Some charging station manufacturers are afraid of this. But the truth is quite different. There is no need to worry at all. If you decide to use…
At the Open Sustainability Policy Summit 2024, Tory McKeag of GE Vernova and Christopher Atkins of MISO shared insights on the LF Energy TROLIE project, a collaborative initiative aimed at enhancing the transparency and efficiency of the energy grid through open source solutions (video follows below). Here are the key takeaways from their session: 1.…
By Alex Thornton, Executive Director, LF Energy Standards are an integral part of ensuring the reliability, efficiency, and safety of energy systems. The power sector has a rich tradition of collaboration via standards, and with standards bodies such as ETSI, IEC, IEEE, ISO, and others. The energy transition needs to accelerate to meet decarbonization goals,…
The Open Sustainability Policy Summit (OSPS) 2024 recently hosted a session on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Order 881, presented by Tom Dautel, Director of the Division of Economic and Technical Analysis at FERC (video follows below). Here's a detailed look at the key takeaways from the session, focusing on how this order is…
The Open EV Charging Summit was privileged to have a presentation by Keith Ogboenyiya, Senior VP of Marketing at Texas Instruments (TI), shedding light on the pivotal role of semiconductor technology in shaping the future of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure (video follows below). In his address, Ogboenyiya extended a warm welcome to all attendees,…
This article was originally published by PIONIX, and is reused with permission. The sector of electric vehicle (EV) charging is developing rapidly and requires a robust, efficient and adaptable charging infrastructure in order to keep pace. Open source software (OSS) is emerging as a key solution, offering enhanced security, seamless interoperability between different EV charging…
By Thijs Meeuwisse On 6 June 2024, the Power Grid Model (PGM) community came together at Eindhoven University of Technology to share knowledge and to discuss the future directions of the project. In this blogpost, I share a quick recap of the event. Slides and a video recording from the meet-up can be viewed here.…
At the recent Open Sustainability Policy Summit (OSPS) 2024, Daniel Roesler, Founder and Chief Technology Officer at UtilityAPI, delivered a session on "Getting Customer Data with LF Energy's Carbon Data Specification" (video follows below). The session underscored the crucial role of standardized customer data access in advancing clean energy technologies and carbon accounting. Key Takeaways…
At the recent Open Sustainability Policy Summit (OSPS) 2024, Gareth Jones, COO of the Centre for Net Zero, and Gus Chadney, head of data and modeling, discussed an initiative called LF Energy OpenSynth. This new open source community is designed to revolutionize access to energy demand data, addressing critical needs in energy research and policy-making.…
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…
In his keynote at the Open Sustainability Policy Summit (OSPS) 2024, Doug Arent, Executive Director of Strategic Public-Private Partnerships at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), shared his vision on the future of energy-economic-climate modeling (video follows below). His presentation, titled "Advancing Energy-Economic-Climate Modeling: Establishing a Community Platform," highlighted the critical need for collaborative efforts…
The Open Sustainability Policy Summit 2024 kicked off with an opening address by Alex Thornton, Executive Director of LF Energy (video follows below). His speech set the tone for the event, emphasizing the critical role of collaborative innovation in driving sustainability across the energy sector. Here are the key points from Thornton’s presentation: 1. Introduction…
This article was originally posted by PIONIX, and is reused with permission. Corporate bankruptcies are a nightmare. Let's not talk about personal fates at this point but about the questions that are inevitably asked when it comes to the continued operation of the purchased product. In our case, as we get this question a lot:…
At the Open EV Charging Summit 2024, Martin Kranzfelder, Chief Product Owner of chargebyte GmbH, delivered a presentation on the evolution and future direction of EV charging technology (video follows below). Here are the key takeaways from his talk: Chargebyte's Journey and Expertise Chargebyte GmbH, originally known as IT2, began in the late 90s with…
The recent Open EV Charging Summit 2024 featured a presentation by Zachary Hudson of PHYTEC, focusing on "Hardware Design Considerations for EV Charging" (video follows below). Hudson, a hardware specialist in a room filled with software professionals, emphasized the critical intersection of hardware and software in EV charging systems. Here are the key takeaways from…
At the recent Open EV Charging Summit 2024, Janek Metzner and Kai-Uwe Hermann from PIONIX delivered a session titled "How to Build a DC Charger with LF Energy EVerest" (video follows below). They provided an in-depth look at EVerest, an open source software framework hosted by LF Energy, designed to streamline the development and deployment…
The Open EV Charging Summit was privileged to have Stephen Davis, representing Accenture Federal Services, present the intricacies of the Joint Office of Energy & Transportation Applied Interoperability Project (video follows below). In his presentation, Davis explored the critical points of this groundbreaking initiative, shedding light on the future of electric vehicle (EV) charging and…
CitrineOS is an open source EV charger network software for rapid OCPP 2.0.1 and NEVI compliant EV charge management. Version 1.2.0 has been released, adding a number of new features and bug fixes. Details follow below, and the full release notes are also available. New Features: Supports ISO15118 Use Cases: Authorization via Contract Certificate, Get15118EVCertificate,…
In a session at the Open EV Charging Summit, Dr. K. Shankari, Principal Software Architect at the U.S. Joint Office of Energy & Transportation, shared valuable insights into supporting standards compliance and accelerating technology deployment through open source initiatives (video follows below). Here's a summary of the key takeaways: Building a Sustainable Future: The U.S.…
At Open EV Charging Summit 2024, Dale Peakall and Ian Murdoch of Thoughtworks took the stage to present MaEVe, an innovative open source Charging Station Management Software (CSMS) designed to revolutionize the electric vehicle (EV) charging landscape (video follows below). Here are the key takeaways from their presentation: Introduction to MaEVe MaEVe, short for "Mobility…
The Open EV Charging Summit 2024 saw Justin Acker and Mason Seaman from S44 take the stage (video follows below) to present the LF Energy CitrineOS project, which offers open source charger network software for rapid OCPP 2.0.1 and NEVI compliant EV charge management. Here’s a breakdown of the key takeaways from their session: Introduction…
The 2024 Open EV Charging Summit took place May 15-16 in Dallas, Texas, hosted by Texas Instruments. At the heart of this event lies LF Energy, the organization dedicated to revolutionizing the energy sector through open source initiatives. Gina Hann, the platform marketing director at Texas Instruments, set the stage as the event's MC, welcoming…
This article was originally posted at FlexMeasures. Version v0.21 of FlexMeasures adds business value which comes through happy customers. Why does this matter? An app which deals with real-time complexities like energy optimization needs to an excellent help desk ― next to getting optimal scheduling right, it's crucial to find out quickly why something is…
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…
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…
Linux Foundation Energy has announced v4.3.0-RC.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. The new version includes an enhanced process monitoring screen, new administrative and geographic mapping features, and other improvements. Specific updates follow below, and you can…
Ahead of energy policy and EV charging events in May, LF Energy expands its project and working group portfolio to address challenges in the energy transition SAN FRANCISCO – April 16, 2024 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to accelerate the energy transition,…
LF Energy Citrine OS, open source charger network software for rapid OCPP 2.0.1 and NEVI compliant EV charge management, has released version 1.1.0, adding a variety of new features. This includes new support for Advanced Device Management and Advanced User Interface OCPP 2.0.1 certification profiles. The new version is available now on the CitrineOS GitHub.…
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…
This article was originally posted at TROLIE Summary The specification of the Forecasting operations in TROLIE OpenAPI specification is now considered stable, closing the associated milestone. Specifically, no further changes are anticipated to the media type schemas and resource semantics–the HTTP verbs, paths, and status codes–for submitting forecasts and retrieving forecast snapshots. We are naming this release 1.0.0-wip-forecasting-stable to reflect…
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…
At the recent FOSDEM 2024 Energy Devroom, Florian Quèze, a performance engineer at Mozilla, captivated the audience with his session titled "Power Profiling my Entire House with the Firefox Profiler" (video follows below). In this talk, Quèze shared his fascinating journey of understanding and optimizing power consumption within his household. Here's a summary of the…
On March 1st, OpenSTEF conducted workshops for both beginners and advanced users, which are now available on demand. OpenSTEF provides automated machine learning pipelines to deliver accurate, self-correcting, and explainable forecasts of the load on the grid for the next 48 hours. In the beginner workshop, the OpenSTEF community starts with a short presentation explaining…
At FOSDEM 2024's Energy Devroom, Benoit Petit and David Ekchajzer, representatives of Boavizta, led a session titled "A Journey Across the Environmental Materiality of Digital Services" (video follows below). In this session, they delved into the intricate web of environmental impacts caused by our digital footprint and outlined strategies for understanding and mitigating these effects.…
FOSDEM 2024 recently featured a session titled "Energy Optimization: Smart Home Meets Smart District" (video follows below) in the Energy Devroom. Hosted by Pierre Kil from OpenRemote, the session delved into innovative approaches to optimizing energy consumption in both individual homes and larger community districts. Here's a brief overview of the key points discussed: Introduction…
At the recent FOSDEM 2024 Energy Devroom, Marco Berta, a representative from ZF Wind Power, delivered a session titled "How Can Open Source Help the Wind Power Industry?" In his presentation, Berta shed light on the pivotal role that open-source software plays in revolutionizing the wind power sector. Here are the key takeaways from his…
LF Energy and Texas Instruments are launching The Open EV Charging Summit, a two-day event hosted May 15-16 at the Texas Instruments campus in Dallas which will explore open source technology as a solution for EV charging reliability, efficiency, and interoperability. One day will be dedicated to educational sessions with experts from the EV charging…
LF Energy and Johns Hopkins University will host The Open Sustainability Policy Summit May 2-3, 2024 at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC. This brand new event will gather lawmakers, policymakers, electric utilities, auto makers, technology vendors, researchers, and end users of energy to discuss the challenges and opportunities for an open…
Linux Foundation Energy has announced v4.2.0.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. The release includes improvements to templates, email, geo maps, filtering, and more. In addition, there have been multiple bug fixes and dependency upgrades. Specific updates…
Authors: Gus Chadney, Data Lead & Sheng Chai, Senior Data Scientist, Centre for Net Zero Access to smart meter data is essential to rapid and successful energy transitions - but it is highly restricted due to privacy protections. Rather than unlocking raw smart meter data through existing mechanisms, we’re generating synthetic data to achieve rapid,…
At the recent FOSDEM 2024 Energy Devroom, Hagen Paul Pfeifer delved into the intricacies of Linux power management through a presentation titled "Advanced Linux Power Management Evaluation using Perf" (video follows below). Here's a breakdown of the key points discussed during the session: Introduction to Perf Scripting Pfeifer introduced a Perf script and extension designed…
In today's digital landscape, where devices reign supreme, the quest for efficiency has never been more paramount. Recently, at the FOSDEM 2024 Energy Devroom, Aditya Manglik, a graduate student from ETH Zurich, shed light on a crucial yet often overlooked aspect of computing - carbon measurement and energy attribution for processes and hardware devices in…
At the recent FOSDEM 2024 Energy Devroom, Ekaterina Fedotova, representing Open Energy Transition, shared insights into how open source development can propel the global energy transition (video follows below). Here's a concise summary of the key points discussed in the session: Global Energy Transition Challenges Fedotova highlighted the immense challenge of transforming thousands of power…
**Title: Unveiling Open Quartz: A Solar Forecasting Revolution** In a recent session at FOSDEM 2024 Energy Devroom, Rachel L'Abri Tipton and Zak Watts from Open Climate Fix showcased an innovative solution that promises to revolutionize solar forecasting (video follows below). Titled "Quartz Solar OS: Building an open source AI solar forecast for everyone," the presentation…
In the FOSDEM 2024 Energy Devroom, Peter Mitri from RTE presented a session titled "Sharing the operational cost of Europe's electricity grid: optimization and transparency through open source" (video follows below). In this talk, Mitri shed light on the challenges faced in managing Europe's electricity grid and how open source tools can provide solutions. Key…
At the FOSDEM 2024 Energy Devroom, a session titled "Power to the People - Technology for Access to Energy" shed light on the crucial intersection of open source technology and energy access, presented by Vivien Barnier of the EnAccess Foundation and Martin Jäger of Libre Solar (video follows below). The discussion centered around leveraging open…
In the dynamic landscape of energy management, ensuring seamless communication between intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) within electrical substations is paramount. At FOSDEM 2024's Energy Devroom, Tamás Russ, a software engineer and lead of domain development at SprintEins, shed light on OpenSCD—a transformative tool designed to address this very challenge (video follows below). OpenSCD, short for…
Linux Foundation Energy (LF Energy), the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to decarbonize our energy systems, is joining forces with CRESYM to accelerate and support the development of open source technologies to enhance the digitalization of energy systems. CRESYM is a non-profit association, gathering industrial and…
In a session in the FOSDEM 2024 Energy Devroom, Tom Wetjens from EDSN and Hugo van der Zwaag from Enexis took the audience on a journey through the innovative LF Energy project "Shapeshifter" (video follows below). This groundbreaking initiative aims to revolutionize the energy sector by addressing grid congestion and enhancing flexibility in energy usage.…
In a session in the FOSDEM 2024 Energy Devroom, Jonita Ruiter, representing Alliander, took the stage to introduce OpenSTEF, an LF Energy initiative in the realm of short-term energy forecasting (video follows below). Here's a brief overview of the key takeaways from the session: Introduction to OpenSTEF Ruiter, serving as the community manager of OpenSTEF,…
At the recent FOSDEM 2024 Energy Devroom, Erwann Roussy and Paul Le Guen de Kerneizon from Savoir-Faire Linux presented a session titled "LF Energy SEAPATH - Easier Operations in Electrical Substations through Digital Twin Empowerment" (video follows below). This session delved into how SEAPATH, developed by LF Energy, is revolutionizing electrical substation management through the…
At the recent FOSDEM 2024 Energy Devroom, Jean-Baptiste Heyberger from RTE delivered a session titled "GridSuite and PowSyBl: an Open Source Approach to Develop Advanced Tools for Grid Analysis and Simulation of Power Systems" (video follows below). This session shed light on the innovative strides being made in grid management through open source software (OSS)…
At FOSDEM 2024's Energy Devroom, Nitish Bharambe, representing Alliander, shared insights into the "Power Grid Model," an open source, high-performance power systems analysis tool from LF Energy (video follows below). This blog post encapsulates the key takeaways from his session, shedding light on the significance and potential impact of this innovative project. The Need for…
In a session in the Energy Devroom during FOSDEM 2024, Christian Weissmann of S44 took the stage to unveil CitrineOS, a pioneering solution poised to transform the landscape of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure (video follows below). The Challenge Weissmann began by addressing a pressing concern in the EV industry: the prevalence of malfunctioning chargers…
In the rapidly evolving landscape of energy management, LF Energy has introduced the Super Advanced Meter (SAM), an open source specification and reference software project designed to serve as a smart meter data gateway. Smart meters play a crucial role as the central device installed in almost every energy consumer's space, acting as the edge…
This article was originally posted at FlexMeasures Version 0.19 of FlexMeasures has a few minor improvements, each of which might mean a lot to someone. We'll focus on our first steps into nested asset structures, as it is visual and part of FlexMeasures' strategic roadmap. See the changelog for a complete list. Read on below about…
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…
At FOSDEM 2024, Achim Friedland of GraphDefined delivered a session titled "Enhancing OCPP with E2E-Security and Binary Data Streams for a more Secure Energy Ecosystem" in the Energy Devroom (video follows below). The talk shed light on critical aspects of securing energy infrastructure, particularly in the realm of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. Understanding the…
Linux Foundation Energy has announced the 1.7 release series of Power Grid Model (PGM), including adding the Newton-Raphson calculation method for enhanced state estimation. This new release also now allows for separate specification of the measurement error margins for both active and reactive power, enhancing the stability and precision of state estimations. PGM is a…
At the recent FOSDEM 2024 Energy Devroom, Luiz Villa and Jean Alinei of OwnTech took the stage to present their project aimed at transforming the energy ecosystem through open source innovation (video follows below). Titled "OwnTech Project: An open source generic reprogrammable technology suite for reimagining the energy ecosystem," the session highlighted key points that…
At a session in the FOSDEM 2024 Energy Devroom, Nicolas Höning of Seita, delivered a presentation titled "Using FlexMeasures to Build a Climate Tech Startup in 15 Minutes" (video follows below). In this session, Höning shared valuable insights into leveraging FlexMeasures, a platform designed for behind-the-meter optimization, to develop innovative climate tech solutions. Here are…
LF Energy has announced the Release Candidate for v4.2.0 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 candidate adds the ability to create templates specific to emails, amongst a number of other new features. Full details can…
In the Energy Devroom at FOSDEM 2024, Kai-Uwe Hermann of PIONIX presented an insightful session titled "EVerest: One stack to charge them all?" (video follows below). The presentation shed light on EVerest, a groundbreaking software stack from LF Energy designed to revolutionize the electric vehicle (EV) charging landscape. EVerest: A Comprehensive Solution EVerest stands out…
In a recent video tutorial presented by Sander Jansen of Alliander, viewers are taken on an insightful journey into the world of energy management with LF Energy's CoMPAS project plug-in for Siemens SITIPE. Here's a sneak peek into what the tutorial covers, and you can watch the full video tutorial below. Introduction to CoMPAS Plug-in…
On the main stage at FOSDEM 2024 in Brussels, a panel titled "Unveiling the Open Renewable Energy Systems (ORES) Initiative" sparked engaging discussions about the intersection of open source principles and renewable energy (video follows below). Moderated by Dan Brown from LF Energy, the panel featured Tony Shannon, Vivien Barnier, Hilary Carter, Karl Yang, and…
LF Energy members and project contributors gathered in Brussels this past weekend for FOSDEM 2024. FOSDEM is a free event held annually in Brussels that gathers thousands of individuals from across open source communities to come together to learn, share, and collaborate to help drive their projects and the open source movement forward. We started…
LF Energy is happy to announce that Admiral Instruments, a leading expert in precision electrochemical measurement equipment, has made a significant contribution to the Battery Data Alliance—an initiative under LF Energy dedicated to advancing the energy storage industry. Admiral Instruments has generously provided their state-of-the-art Squidstat Cycler, a groundbreaking battery testing technology, to support our…
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…
A new version, v1.2.0, of pypowsybl has been released. The PyPowSyBl project gives access PowSyBl Java framework to Python developers. Please have a look at the release notes for more details: ⭐ New Features Expose tie line contingencies #678 Add missing dangling line visitor function #681 Add new network area diagram parameters #679 Add regulating element for generator,…
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…
Open Source Summit Japan 2023 offered an informative keynote by LF Energy Governing Board Member Dr. Marissa Hummon, Chief Technology Officer at Utilidata, who delved into the transformative potential of open distributed AI in redefining electric grid operations from the edge. Key insights from her presentation are below, followed by a recording of the full…
Download this case study in PDF format Delivering DSO Energy Transition with LF Energy Power Grid Model Alliander's Delvi Project Leverages Power Grid Model to Direct the Netherlands' Largest Ever Overhaul Project of the Low Voltage Grid Across the globe, Distribution System Operators (DSOs) are on the front line facing the unprecedented challenges around the…
Members of the LF Energy community successfully applied to manage an Energy devroom at FOSDEM 2024, taking place Feb 3-4 in Brussels. The focus of the room is “Reimagining this Ecosystem through Open Source”. The Energy devroom will take place on Saturday, Feb 3 in Room H.2214 at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and will…
This article was originally posted at FlexMeasures Version 0.18 of FlexMeasures advances the modeling of the flex optimization problem, adding more detail. If we have knowledge about future conditions and underlying physics, our optimization gets better when we put that to use! We also improved navigation in the UI, which is really handy for more…
Linux Foundation Energy has announced v4.1.0.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. The release includes improvements to the user interface and new features such as the addition of a process monitoring screen and a healthcheck endpoint for…
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…
By Ben van 't Ende The 4th Power Grid Model Meet-up took place on December 7, 2023. The meet-up was hosted by Enexis in Den Bosch. Enexis is one of the three large Dutch distribution system operators (DSO). The event was appropriately held in an old substation building with rail tracks still visible where the…
This article was originally posted at RTDIP The Fourth Industrial Revolution, commonly known as IR4.0, has ushered in profound transformations in the landscape of industrial operations and manufacturing. Digital technologies and data derived from sensors are driving a wide array of innovations, spanning from advanced analytics and machine learning to the realms of augmented and…
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…
The Battery Data Alliance, an LF Energy Project, is building sustainable open source software, best practices, and delivering standards for the battery industry. Who: Researchers seeking to push the boundaries of battery science. Software Developers interested in making a significant impact in the battery industry. Testing Labs with access to cyclers and other battery testing…
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…
Electricity is a necessity for modern life. It has become as critical to infrastructure as water, which also makes energy systems a prime target for both physical and digital attacks. The transition from analog operational technologies (OT) to digital information technologies (IT) as power systems are digitalized to ensure interoperability and onboarding of renewables is…
We are excited to announce that for the second time there will be an Energy Devroom at FOSDEM, 3 February 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. The dedicated Energy devroom will foster the broad collaboration that is needed to successfully transform global energy systems though open source. Representatives of open source project communities working in the energy…
This article was originally posted at FlexMeasures. Version v0.17 of FlexMeasures lets you elevate some accounts to be consultants of other accounts. It also increases robustness of scheduling, by using fallbacks. And a new favicon! See changelog for a complete list or read on below about the larger new features we added. CONSULTANCY FlexMeasures is a…
The LF Energy PowSyBl community has released powsybl-dependencies 2023.3.2, 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. What's changed This patch release corresponds to patch releases of powsybl-core and powsybl-entsoe…
This is the final article in a series exploring the technological challenges and solutions to achieving the goals of the energy transition. Drawing on the knowledge of experts from utilities, vendors, technology companies, and researchers in the Linux Foundation Energy community, this series explores the current state of technological evolution supporting the energy transition, as…
This is the third in a series of articles exploring the technological challenges and solutions to achieving the goals of the energy transition. Drawing on the knowledge of experts from utilities, vendors, technology companies, and researchers in the Linux Foundation Energy community, this series explores the current state of technological evolution supporting the energy transition,…
This is the first in a series of articles exploring the technological challenges and solutions to achieving the goals of the energy transition. Drawing on the knowledge of experts from utilities, vendors, technology companies, and researchers in the Linux Foundation Energy community, this series will explore the current state of technological evolution supporting the energy…
Power Grid Model is an open source, high-performance distribution grid calculation library with functionalities such as power flow, state estimation and short circuit calculations. The project can be used for low voltage grid simulations of different scenarios of EV and PV penetrations in coming decades, analysis of potential bottlenecks in low voltage grids, simulations of…
At Open Source Summit Europe 2023, Eloi Bail and Mathieu Dupré from Savoir-faire Linux presented SEAPATH, an LF Energy project (video follows below). SEAPATH focuses on enhancing the security of critical infrastructure, especially in the energy sector, with a strong emphasis on software supply chain security. In this blog post, we'll provide a concise summary…
In a panel discussion at Open Source Summit Europe 2023, industry experts shed light on how open source collaboration is revolutionizing the power systems sector. Moderated by Dan Brown from LF Energy, the panel featured a diverse group of experts: Hilary Carter from The Linux Foundation, Jonas van den Bogaard from Alliander, Christophe Villemer from…
Open Source Summit Europe 2023 brought together a panel of experts to explore the intersection of open source technology and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Moderated by Anna Hermansen of Linux Foundation Research, the panel featured Kate Stewart from the Linux Foundation, Sumer Johal of the AgStack Foundation, Chris Xie representing Futurewei, and…
In an increasingly environmentally-conscious world, the transition towards renewable energy sources is an imperative. At Open Source Summit Europe 2023, Jonas van den Bogaard and Nico Rikken, representatives from Alliander, the largest distribution system operator in the Netherlands, shed light on the pivotal role that open source solutions play in facilitating the integration of renewable…
Energy access is a fundamental need for modern society, yet a significant portion of the global population still lacks reliable access to electricity. Vivien Barnier, representing the EnAccess Foundation, shed light on this issue during his presentation at the Open Source Summit Europe (video follows below). The talk focused on how open source innovations can…
At OpenUK’s recent Open Technology for Sustainability Day event in Edinburgh, Dan Brown, Head of Communications at LF Energy, took the stage to discuss the pivotal role of open source technology in revolutionizing the energy sector and driving sustainability (video follows below). In this post, we'll delve into the key topics covered in his session,…
Linux Foundation Energy (LF Energy) has been making waves in the energy sector with our open source approach to tackling the urgent challenge of decarbonization. At the recent Linux Foundation Europe Member Summit in Bilbao, Spain, Lucian Balea of RTE, chair of the LF Energy governing board, presented a comprehensive update on LF Energy's progress…
LF Energy members and projects gathered in Bilbao, Spain with others from across the open source community September 19-21 for Open Source Summit Europe. The event brought together over 1,200 individuals from around the globe to collaborate, learn, share, and connect in order to drive open source innovation across industries. As pictured above, the event…
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…
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…
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…
by Towfiqu barbhuiya, Unsplash This article was originally posted at FlexMeasures Version v0.16 of FlexMeasures advances the state of art on reporting by offering a very useful implementation (and a tutorial how to bring it to practice). We also add a command to get charts via the CLI and add capacity limits as a field…
New report illustrates how open source projects and communities accelerate the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) San Francisco – September 14, 2023 – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the release of its latest research report from LF Research, "Open Source for Sustainability: How Linux Foundation Projects Accelerate Progress…
LF Energy Summit 2023 featured a presentation titled "Manage Your Critical Situations with OperatorFabric" by Clément Bouvier from RTE (video follows below). OperatorFabric, has emerged as a groundbreaking solution for addressing critical situations faced by Transmission System Operators (TSOs). Here are the key highlights from the session that shed light on OperatorFabric's significance and its…
In the ever-evolving landscape of energy consumption and distribution, the need for innovative solutions is more critical than ever. LF Energy Summit 2023 brought together industry experts to shed light on a game-changing concept: open source metering. During a panel session titled "Open Source Metering Will Transform How We Modernize the Grid," Marissa Hammond from…
LF Energy Summit 2023 showcased the innovative presentation titled "Continental-Wide Coordination of the Power Grid Powered by PowSyBl," delivered by Nicolas Omont, Vice President of Operations at Artelys (video follows below). This session shed light on the critical importance of power grid security and introduced a collaborative open source project aimed at addressing this challenge.…
In a session at LF Energy Summit 2023, Tony Xiang of Alliander took the virtual stage to unveil an innovative solution that is set to revolutionize grid calculations. Titled "Power Grid Model: A High-Performance Distribution Grid Calculation Library," the session shed light on a groundbreaking open-source project that promises to reshape the landscape of grid…
In a session at LF Energy Summit 2023, Jonas van den Bogaard, digital strategy lead at Alliander, shared insights into why distribution system operators (DSOs) like Alliander are making significant investments in open source technologies (video follows below). The session shed light on the challenges posed by the energy transition and the pivotal role open…
In a session at LF Energy Summit 2023, Robben Riksen and Daniel Wich took the virtual stage to shed light on the groundbreaking potential of flexibility trading using the LF Energy Shapeshifter protocol (video follows below). The duo, representing GOPACS and Enexis respectively, delved into the urgency of addressing grid capacity challenges in the midst…
LF Energy Summit 2023 witnessed an insightful presentation titled "An Open Framework for Distribution Grid Automation" by Dr. Antonello Monti, a distinguished professor at RWTH Aachen University in Germany (video follows below). In this session, Dr. Monti unveiled the innovative project SOGNO, an acronym for the ambitious open framework aimed at revolutionizing distribution grid automation.…
In a session at LF Energy Summit 2023, Claire Thornewill and Ines Akrap, experts from Cognizant Netcentric, delved into the critical topic of designing energy-efficient websites (video follows below). With the digital landscape rapidly expanding and online activities becoming more integral to our lives, the duo shed light on the often-overlooked environmental impact of the…
This post was contributed by Tony Xiang of Alliander. The International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution, better known as CIRED, is an event held every two years, bringing together professionals from the electricity distribution industry. The 2023 event, set against a backdrop of increasing dependence on sustainable energy sources and advanced technology, was one…
LF Energy Summit 2023 recently showcased a session titled "Overview of the LF Energy Ecosystem with Archimate," featuring insightful presentations by Benoît Jeanson of RTE and Jonas van den Bogaard of Alliander (video follows below). The session delved into the evolving landscape of the energy industry, the transformative role of digitalization, and the collaborative power…
At LF Energy Summit 2023, Marco Chiaramello from RTE took the stage to present the Dynaωo project (video follows below). This open source suite of simulation tools is set to revolutionize the way we model and simulate power systems, adapting to the challenges posed by renewable energy integration, interconnections, and power electronics. A Rich History…
In today's world, where technology is an integral part of our lives, understanding and mitigating the environmental impact of personal computing has become a critical concern. At LF Energy Summit 2023, Aditya Manglik from ETH Zurich delivered a presentation titled "Measuring Carbon Footprint of Personal Computing." The talk shed light on the carbon footprint of…
LF Energy Summit 2023 brought together industry experts and innovators to discuss the pivotal role of open source tools in driving the journey towards decarbonization in the energy sector. One of the sessions, titled "Open Source Tools for Revealing the Way Towards Decarbonization," featured a presentation by Davis Montenegro from EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute)…
In the ever-evolving landscape of electric vehicle (EV) technology, one critical challenge has stood out: the complexity of EV charging infrastructure. But fear not, because at LF Energy Summit 2023, Piet Gömpel from Pionix presented a solution (video follows below) that could reshape the way we approach EV charging. Enter EVerest, an innovative operating system…
LF Energy Summit 2023 featured a presentation titled "Ensuring Requirements on the SEAPATH Project: Testing Process and Continuous Integration," delivered by Erwann Roussy of Savoir-faire Linux (video follows below). In this session, Roussy shed light on the SEAPATH project and its approach to guaranteeing project requirements through a meticulous testing process and seamless continuous integration.…
In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, ensuring robust cyber security measures for Linux systems has become paramount, especially in critical infrastructure. At LF Energy Embedded Summit, Enguerrand de Ribaucourt and Mathieu Dupré of Savoir-faire Linux presented a case study on the SEAPATH project, which focuses on effectively implementing and validating Linux cybersecurity requirements. SEAPATH: Enhancing…
LF Energy Summit 2023 showcased groundbreaking discussions and presentations, delving into the forefront of sustainable technology solutions. One such session, titled "Improving High Throughput Computing’s Energy Efficiency - a Measurement-Based Case Study" (video follows below), captivated the audience's attention. Damu Ding, a representative from the University of Oxford, presented a comprehensive study on enhancing energy…
In an era where environmental sustainability takes center stage, the quest for reducing carbon emissions has extended its reach into the realm of software development. At LF Energy Embedded Summit 2023, Szymon Duchniewicz from Avanade delivered a session titled "Green Software – How To Make Our Applications Carbon Aware?" (video follows below). Unveiling the potential…
The goal of LF Energy's EVerest project is to develop and maintain an open source software stack for EV charging infrastructure. In pursuit of this goal, the EVerest community has announced it will host the first EVerest Summit on 5 October in Bad Schönborn, Germany. The Summit will gather developers and other EVerest community members…
LF Energy Summit 2023 hosted a panel titled "Technical Research Fueling NextGen Actions," featuring esteemed experts from Google, Technical University of Berlin, and Singularity Energy, moderated by Hallie Cramer of Google (video follows below). The panelists delved into crucial topics, including carbon accounting, grid flexibility, and next generation procurement, shedding light on the role of…
In a session at LF Energy Embedded Summit 2023, Christopher Lloyd-Jones, the Chief Blueprints Officer at OpenUK and Head of Open Innovation at Avanade, presented groundbreaking blueprints for sustainable technology infrastructure (video follows below). The focus was on two critical areas: data centers and electric vehicle (EV) charging. The session shed light on how collaboration…
LF Energy Summit 2023 featured an enlightening presentation titled "Real-Time Data Driving Innovation," led by Bryce Bartmann, Chief Digital Technology Advisor at Shell (video follows below). The session delved into the potential of the Real Time Data Ingestion Platform (RTDIP) and how it is poised to revolutionize the energy sector. In this blog post, we…
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…
At LF Energy Embedded Summit 2023, Mathieu Dupré from Savoir-faire Linux and Florent Carli from RTE presented a session on "Using SEAPATH to Deploy Low Latency Virtual Machines with Redundancy" (video follows below). Their talk revolved around the efficient utilization of SEAPATH (Software Enabled Automation Platform and Artifacts THerein) to deploy virtual machines (VMs) with…
In the world of energy transition and sustainability, innovation is key to managing the integration of renewable energy sources into the grid effectively. At LF Energy Summit 2023, Nicolas Bernhardi and Morten Houborg Andersen from Energinet presented "Project Origin - Digital Proofs for Granular Certificates" (video follows below). This project aims to revolutionize energy certification…
Version 1.5.0 of the Power Grid Model project has been released. Highlights of this version include: Added Short Circuit calculations according to the IEC60909 standard. An example can be found here. Improvements to the documentation. Improvements to the C API. Please refer to the power_grid_model_c API reference for a full list of supported features. This change involves…
LF Energy Summit 2023 brought together industry leaders and innovators to discuss the latest trends and advancements in the clean energy sector. One session titled "Incorporating Demand Response Into Clean Energy Procurement" was presented by McGee Young, Founder and CEO of WattCarbon (video follows below). In this post, we'll summarize the key points from the…
LF Energy Embedded Summit 2023 hosted a session titled "Open Source Interoperability Toolkit for Integration of Distributed Energy Storage and Other Flexibility Resources: Project InterSTORE" (video follows below). The dynamic duo of David Trafela from Sunesis and Nikolaj Candellari from CyberGrid presented a groundbreaking project aimed at revolutionizing the seamless integration of distributed energy resources…
LF Energy Summit 2023 hosted a presentation titled "Grid eXchange Fabric - Digitalization Solution for the Energy Transition" by Maarten Mulder and Robert Tusveld from Alliander (video follows below). In this session, they shed light on how Grid eXchange Fabric (GXF) is revolutionizing the energy sector by facilitating collaboration and digitalization. Let's dive into the…
In the fast-evolving landscape of renewable energy integration, critical real-time applications play a pivotal role in ensuring a stable power grid. At LF Energy Embedded Summit 2023, Aurélien Watare from RTE and Eloi Bail from Savoir-Faire Linux presented SEAPATH, an innovative project that harnesses the power of an industrial-grade Linux platform to facilitate the integration…
In a world where environmental concerns are at the forefront of global discussions, even the software development industry is taking steps towards a greener future. At LF Energy Summit 2023, two experts from Avanade, Dan Benitah and Szymon Duchniewicz, presented a session on "Green Software Principles and Embedding Carbon Awareness in Your Applications" (video follows…
Open Source Summit Europe comes to Bilbao, Spain 19-21 September. This is the premier event for open source developers, technologists, and community leaders to collaborate, share information, solve problems, and gain knowledge, furthering open source innovation and ensuring a sustainable open source ecosystem. The event is a great opportunity to share and learn best practices…
In his LF Energy Summit 2023 session, Choh Yun Bin from GoNetZero presented a comprehensive solution that could revolutionize the energy industry. By harnessing the power of open source blockchain technology, the GoNetZero team aims to achieve energy traceability, 24/7 matching, optimize battery energy storage systems, and track green hydrogen usage. Let's dive into the…
In a world where sustainability and carbon reduction have become critical priorities, access to accurate and reliable customer data is crucial for companies and organizations working towards a clean energy transition. At LF Energy Summit 2023, Eloi Fàbrega Ferrer from FlexiDAO and Daniel Roesler from UtilityAPI shed light on the challenges faced in Europe and…
PowSyBl (Power System Blocks) is an open source library dedicated to electrical grid modeling and simulation. LF Energy has released powsybl-dependencies 2023.2.4, which concludes the latest PowSyBl release train. This new version provides bug fixes and removes a vulnerable dependency (guava 31.1-jre was replaced by 32.0.1-jre). All repositories’ versions and release notes are contained in…
At LF Energy Summit 2023, Pierre Segonne from Electricity Maps and Stephen Suffian from WattCarbon presented a session titled "Building a Unified Data Standard for Power Grid Data," (video follows below). The session delved into the crucial need for a standardized data framework to enhance collaboration and transparency within the power grid industry. Let's explore…
LF Energy Summit 2023 hosted a thought-provoking panel discussion on "Accelerating Energy Attribute Certificate (EAC) Market Transformation" (video follows below). The panel brought together industry experts and champions in the field of granular hourly energy tracking including Killian Daly of EnergyTag, Steve Tuckner of M-RETS, Jemma Green of PowerLedger, and Samuel Cheptou of Granular Energy.…
LF Energy Summit 2023 included a great session on "24/7 Carbon-Free Energy: Matching Carbon-Free Energy Procurement to Hourly Electric Load," presented by Steve Dahlke from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The session (video follows below) delved into the challenges and opportunities of achieving carbon-free energy round the clock. Let's explore the key insights shared…
LF Energy Summit 2023 featured a keynote session by Pablo Hevia-Koch, Acting Head of Renewables Integration and Secure Electricity at the International Energy Agency (IEA). In his presentation titled "Electricity Markets: Fast-Tracking Innovation in Energy Transition" (video follows below), Hevia-Koch shed light on the critical role of electricity markets in driving innovation during the global…
In a keynote session at LF Energy Summit 2023, Tony Shannon, Head of Digital Services in the Government of Ireland, presented a compelling vision of utilizing common building blocks for the common good (video follows below). Shannon emphasized the importance of cooperation and collaboration in addressing the challenges of our time, particularly in the energy…
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…
At LF Energy Summit 2023 Mary Sotos, Director of the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) at the Department of Energy, presented a keynote session titled "Energy Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Federal Agencies" (video available below). In her address, Sotos shed light on the significant energy portfolio managed by the federal government, highlighting the scale…
LF Energy Summit 2023 featured an enlightening keynote session titled "A Vision of Energy Sustainability From the ICT Industry Perspective" (video follows below). Presented by Chris Xie, Head of Open Source Strategy at Futurewei, and Anna Hermansen, Ecosystem Manager at Linux Foundation Research, the session shed light on the collaborative efforts between Futurewei, LF Energy,…
This article was originally posted at PIONIX. Author: Robert de Leeuw, Technical EVangelist at PIONIX There is every reason for station manufacturers to use EVerest. The open source modular framework significantly reduces time to market and helps to save software development and maintenance costs. EVerest is highly modular, and companies can also opt to use…
In a video message presented at the LF Energy Summit (full video follows below), Mark van Stiphout, Deputy Head of Unit at DG Energy, European Commission, addressed the audience and expressed his support for their work in achieving the goals of the Green Deal. van Stiphout emphasized the significance of open source solutions in the…
LF Energy Summit 2023 kicked off with a powerful opening keynote presented by Lucian Balea, Chair of the LF Energy Governing Board and Deputy Director of R&D at RTE (video below this post). Lucian's remarks focused on the remarkable growth and momentum LF Energy has experienced over the past year. The summit brought together a…
This article was originally posted at FlexMeasures. We've taken a crucial step in making FlexMeasures even more developer-friendly! Last week, we released version 0.1 of the new FlexMeasures client. What is the use of a client library for the FlexMeasures platform? Well, FlexMeasures is foremost a web server ― it calculates optimal schedules for flexible energy…
LF Energy Summit took place June 1-2 in Paris, hosted by RTE and with sponsorship support from Google and Savoir-faire Linux, in addition to ten non-profit community partners. Over 250 individuals representing over 150 organizations from 34 countries attended to learn how LF Energy and its projects are working collaboratively to develop new technologies to…
OperatorFabric is a modular, extensible, industrial-strength, and field-tested platform for systems operators. Version 3.15.1.RELEASE of the project is now available. The release includes a new feature as well as bug fixes. More details follow below, and full release notes may be viewed here. Features #4573 : See card sent by your entities Bugs #4608 : Fixed the…
This article was originally posted at RTDIP Generative AI is changing how we think about data, particularly the knowledge it can unlock from unstructured data that simply wasn't possible before. However, it's also peaked our curiosity about structured data - Can Generative AI also query structured data? Could it query time series data to answer questions such…
At the recent Open Source Summit North America, Aurélien Watare and Florent Carli of RTE explained how the energy landscape is undergoing a profound transformation (video below). With a shift towards renewable energy sources and the urgent need to reduce carbon footprint, energy infrastructure must adapt to meet these new demands. One innovative solution presented…
By Ashley Reulink, Alliander On 6 June, the third biannual Power Grid Model meet-up took place in Bellevue in Arnhem. With over 30 attendees present and an additional 50 participants joining online, the event brought together individuals with a keen interest in the Power Grid Model. It was a truly delightful afternoon, featuring insightful guest…
In his session at SustainabilityCon North America 2023, Dr. Valerio De Angelis, an expert in battery systems development and operations at Sandia National Laboratories, shared his experiences and insights on the importance of open source initiatives in revolutionizing the battery industry (video below). His talk shed light on the challenges faced in the sector and…
This was originally posted at FlexMeasures Version v0.14 of FlexMeasures begins a major upgrade in reporting capability. Also, this version begins work to support scheduling of heat storage. Finally, we added a bunch of developer support features. See changelog for a complete list or read on below about the larger new features we added. REPORTING FlexMeasures feeds upon raw measurement…
PowSyBl (Power System Blocks) is an open source library dedicated to electrical grid modeling and simulation. LF Energy has released powsybl-dependencies 2023.2.1, which concludes the last PowSyBl release train. The most noteworthy new features are: Support of ZIP and exponential load modeling Load and line asymmetrical extensions Refactoring of tie lines to preserve the underlying dangling lines (IIDM…
In her session titled "Open Source for Energy Transition via Data Management - Eyes on a Major Prize" at SustainabilityCon North America, Aarthi Thyagarajan, the digital commercial lead at Shell India and open source leader at Shell, shed light on the crucial role of open source in driving the energy transition (video below). The talk…
OperatorFabric version 3.15.0.RELEASE is now available. The release includes new features including the ability to better detect loss of connection and others, as well as bug fixes. More details follow below, and full release notes may be viewed here. Features #4408 : Add an API method to delete all businessdata files #4427 : Sorted the names of…
The SustainabilityCon North America conference session “LF Research and the LF Sustainability Initiative: Measuring How LF Projects are Advancing a More Sustainable Future” featured Hillary Carter and Anna Hermanson from the Linux Foundation discussing their new research initiatives focused on sustainability (video below). The session highlighted the mission of LF Research, which aims to investigate…
This piece was contributed by Christophe Villemer, and originally posted at Savoir-faire Linux Our personal and professional lives are often punctuated by encounters with men and women who have left their mark and inspired us, whether through their skills, their social or political commitment, their vision or their leadership. We have this tradition at Savoir-faire…
Trusted Computing Group (TCG) joins LF Energy project EVerest to create an end-to-end security reference architecture for the EV charging ecosystem. The goal of the collaboration is to ensure that vehicles are resilient under attack from a connected and potentially compromised EVs or EV charging station so that malware cannot propagate to the vehicle or…
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…
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…
Power Grid Model, the fourth new LF Energy project of 2023, brings total hosted projects to 25 and two new members grows the community to nearly 70. Meet project contributors and members at LF Energy Summit, June 1-2 in Paris. San Francisco, CA – May 17, 2023 – LF Energy, the open source foundation focused…
This article was originally posted at FlexMeasures What is "Blackout testing"? A tool to provide stable API development to your users in the long-term. By prescribed "shock therapy" 🙂 FlexMeasures is already a few years in development, and therefore we are running into issues of longer-term support while innovation is still ongoing. As we have refactored the…
LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to decarbonize our global economies, has launched a new and improved website at https://www.lfenergy.org. The new site features improved layout and navigation. Pages featuring each individual open source project hosted at LF Energy have been revamped with additional…
Version v0.13 of FlexMeasures lets us create dashboards with multiple graphs from various sensors layered in one plot. In addition, FlexMeasures now includes a proper page for accounts. On the backend, we protect the CPU from re-computing the same schedule over and over again if a rogue client asks for that. See changelog for a complete…
A new version, v0.22.0, of pypowsybl has been released. The PyPowSyBl project gives access PowSyBl Java framework to Python developers. Please have a look at the release notes for more details: Features add ampl export #592 [Network modifications] Refactoring of RemoveFeederBay and wrapping of RemoveVoltageLevel and RemoveHvdcLine. #590 [Network modifications] Voltage level topology and coupling device creation in bus/breaker. #588 [Network modifications] Refactoring…
OperatorFabric is a modular, extensible, industrial-strength, and field-tested platform for systems operators. OperatorFabric includes several features essential for electricity, water, and other utility operations. The project has just been updated to release version 3.13.0 with a number of bug fixes and new features. Migration from 3.13.2 See Migration Guide from release 3.13.2 to release 3.14.0 Features…
A recent report from Entreprises pour l’Environnement (EpE), a consortium of French and international large companies from all sectors of the economy committed to the ecological transition, “examines the strategies and practices designed to reduce the impact of digital technologies, measure their environmental footprint and monitor their uses by companies in order to accelerate the…
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,…
The new release 2023.1.0 of PowSyBl is now live! PowSyBl (Power System Blocks) is an open source library dedicated to electrical grid modeling and simulation. This new release corresponds to a new release for each of the 5 repositories constituting the PowSyBl release train, whose versions and release notes are listed in the table below. RepositoryRelease notespowsybl-corev5.2.0powsybl-open-loadflowv1.1.0powsybl-diagramv3.2.0powsybl-dynawov1.13.0powsybl-entsoev2.3.0 In terms of changes…
SEAPATH, Software Enabled Automation Platform and Artifacts (THerein), aims at developing a “reference design” and “industrial grade” open source real-time platform that can run virtualized automation and protection applications for the power grid industry in and potentially beyond. The LF Energy Technical Advisory Council has recently conducted a review of the project and elected to…
The LF Energy EVerest project aims to create an entire ecosystem to transform mobility by building and operating the requisite infrastructure to ensure EV charging is interoperable and easily deployed. The EVerest community has released version 2023.3.0 of EVerest-Core, which is the project's biggest release yet. In addition to providing a more than 50 times…
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…
Shapeshifter is an open source protocol to implement the Universal Smart Energy Framework for flexibility forecasting, trading, and settlement processes. It enables trading via Distribution System Operator (DSO) and Transmission System Operator (TSO) coordination platforms that support the protocol. The project enables the fastest, fairest, and lowest cost route to a smart energy future by…
SustainabilityCon is a new event, taking place as part of Open Source Summit Europe, 19-21 September in Bilbao, Spain. The event will provide a forum to drive open source innovation in energy efficiency and interoperability and clean development practices within industries ranging from manufacturing to agriculture and beyond through collaboration and learning within the community.…
FOSDEM took place Feb 4-5 in Brussels, and for the first time featured a dedicated Energy devroom. Organized by Nico Rikken of Alliander, Nicolas Höning of Seita Energy Flexibility, Kai-Uwe Hermann and Anna-Lina Helsen of PIONIX, and Dan Brown of LF Energy, the Energy devroom featured 17 different sessions covering topics relevant to open source…
LF Energy Summit come to Paris June 1-2 for our first in person gathering since 2019. The summit will gather electrical utilities, technology vendors, academics, researchers, policymakers, end users, and other energy stakeholders to discuss open source technology solutions to drive the energy transition and decarbonization of the energy sector. Not only will the event…
RTDIP has been built to simplify ingesting and querying time series data. One of the most anticipated features of the Real Time Data Ingestion Platform for 2023 is the ability to create streaming and batch ingestion pipelines according to requirements of the source of the data and needs of the data consumer. Of equal importance…
OperatorFabric is a modular, extensible, industrial-strength, and field-tested platform for systems operators. OperatorFabric includes several features essential for electricity, water, and other utility operations. The project has just been updated to release version 3.13.0 with a number of bug fixes and new features. Migration from 3.12.0 See Migration Guide from release 3.12.0 to release 3.13.0 Features…
Registration is now open for Embedded Open Source Summit, taking place June 27-30 in Prague, Czechia. The event includes the all new LF Energy Embedded Summit, which will gather embedded developers with stakeholders from the energy sector for a discussion of how IoT and other hardware can accelerate the energy transition and drive decarbonization. Register…
The new release 2023.0.0 of PowSyBl is now live! PowSyBl (Power System Blocks) is an open source library dedicated to electrical grid modeling and simulation. The most noteworthy new features corresponding to those releases are: - default values in IIDM - secondary voltage control extension - connectivity results in security analyses - bus and battery contingencies - multiple slack buses support,…
This post was originally published at RTDIP. Shell’s internally developed Shell Sensor Intelligence Platform was open sourced to LF Energy in 2022 and rebranded to Real Time Data Ingestion Platform. This was a major milestone for that project and has opened a number of strategic doors and expanded how the development roadmap is determined when…
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…
CoMPAS (Configuration Modules for Power industry Automation Systems), which is a part of LF Energy’s Digital Substation Automation Systems (DSAS) initiative, aims to develop open source software components related to IEC 61850 model implementation, specifically for profile management and configuration of a power industry Protection Automation and Control System (PACS). Jakob Vogelsang of Alliander has recorded…
CoMPAS is a part of LF Energy’s Digital Substation Automation Systems (DSAS) initiative. The primary goal of the CoMPAS project is to develop open source software components related to IEC 61850 model implementation, specifically for profile management and configuration of a power industry Protection Automation and Control System (PACS). On January 24-25, the CoMPAS community…
OperatorFabric is a modular, extensible, industrial-strength, and field-tested platform for systems operators. OperatorFabric includes several features essential for electricity, water, and other utility operations. The project has just been updated to release version 3.12.0 with a number of bug fixes and new features. Migration from 3.11.x See Migration Guide from release 3.11.x to release 3.12.0 Features…
LF Energy Embedded Summit is a new event taking place alongside the all new Embedded Open Source Summit in Prague this June. Speaking proposals are being accepted through February 10 on topics including: Clean Electrification (i.e Clean Hydrogen) Demand Response Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Energy Metering and Measuring Systems Energy Tracking and Attributes Load Forecasting…
Climate change is a real emergency that needs immediate action. The energy sector is at the center of this change because energy makes everything else run. Utilities produce and distribute energy, so they can be mobilized to immediately reduce the impact on the environment. In this episode of TFiR: State of Energy, Swapnil Bhartiya sits…
LF Energy Summit is coming to Paris June 1-2, and we are seeking speaking proposals. This event is the place to drive open source technology innovation in pursuit of deep decarbonization. The summit will gather members of the LF Energy community including foundation members, developers, vendors, utility end users and other energy industry stakeholders to…
A new report from Dell and Intel entitled "Remarkable energy starts at the edge" explores how "edge computing and 5G can help decarbonize power networks". At LF Energy, we have always believed that these technologies would be essential to the energy transition and accelerating decarbonization, as demonstrated by our FledgePOWER project, a multi-protocol translation gateway…
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,…
This post was originally published at https://flexmeasures.io/012-replay-custom-scheduling/. Version v0.12 of FlexMeasures adds a cool re-play feature and support for adding custom scheduling algorithms! Actually, this release is a big one with many small improvements, e.g. the CLI for data ingestions have taken a big leap. See changelog or read on below to read what we added.…
OpenUK and IEEE are hosting the first ever State of Open Con, 7-8 February 2023 in London, UK. The conference will bring together leading UK and international figures in open source software, open data and open hardware around the themes of: government, law and policy; security; platform engineering; entrepreneurship; open hardware and open data. The…
The coming year will see LF Energy’s biggest investment to date in helping bring our community together and grow through live events. Gathering at dedicated times both in-person and virtually increases collaboration, innovation, and understanding, which will accelerate our efforts to develop the open source technologies necessary to the energy transition. We encourage everyone in…
Members of the LF Energy community successfully applied to manage an Energy devroom at FOSDEM 2023, taking place Feb 4-5 in Brussels. The focus of the room is “driving digital transformation of energy systems to accelerate decarbonization”. The Energy devroom will take place on Saturday, Feb 4. The first half of the day from 10:30…
Download this case study in PDF format The Challenge As a grid operator, Alliander – the largest distribution system operator (DSO) in the Netherlands – required accurate forecasts of the load on the electricity grid looking hours to days ahead. With the rise in renewable energy and electrification of energy consumption pushing the capacity of…
While companies want to invest in renewable energy, they want to be flexible enough to keep up with customer demand. In this episode of TFiR: State of Energy, Swapnil Bhartiya sits down with Nicolas Höning, Co-Founder of Seita, to talk about FlexMeasures and how it is helping companies manage their energy consumption to reduce costs…
The latest release of CoMPAS - (Co)nfiguration (M)odules for (P)ower industry (A)utomation (S)ystems - is now available with many improvements including:· Read-only sub-equipment editor· Later binding CDC and bType check· XPath respronse from XSD validation· Save as version in CoMPAS· Subscriber – Logical Node· Filtered lists allow ? and * wildcards· Automated GSE and SMV assignment· Visualization of GSE and SMV The primary goal of the CoMPAS project is to develop open…
Many contributors who are new to open source are unfamiliar with the best practices to ensure you are participating in the community in an efficient, effective, and collaborative manner. This could include understanding the basics of Git, ensuring license compliance, and interacting with the community. Those working with utilities or other energy industry stakeholders may…
The new release 2022.0.0 of PowSyBl is now live! PowSyBl (Power System Blocks) is an open source library dedicated to electrical grid modeling and simulation. The most noteworthy new features are: support for new network modifications such as voltage level creation from scratch, support for ShortCircuit data of CIM-CGMES format, support for new remedial actions such as generator and load…
OperatorFabric is a modular, extensible, industrial-strength, and field-tested platform for systems operators. OperatorFabric includes several features essential for electricity, water, and other utility operations. The project has just been updated to release version 3.11.0 with a number of bug fixes and new features. Migration from 3.10.x See Migration Guide from release 3.10.x to release 3.11.0 Features…
Thank you to everyone who attended today's annual member meeting of the LF Energy Foundation. For those unable to attend, you can view the recording of the meeting above, and download the slides here.
A group of developers who contribute to LF Energy projects have applied and been accepted to host an Energy devroom at FOSDEM 2023 in Brussels! The devroom will take place on Saturday, 4 February. Due to the space limitations at FOSDEM, we will start the morning (10:30-14:30) with a virtual online devroom of pre-recorded talks.…
This presentation introduces EVerest, an open source software stack for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, with specific examples of usage and integration into large-scale solutions. EVerest was designed with modularity and customizability in mind. It consists of a framework for configuring multiple interchangeable modules that are coupled via MQTT. By abstracting standards and use cases, EVerest…
Release version 0.10.0 of the CoMPAS Core Project is now available. CoMPAS aims to develop open source software components related to IEC 61850 model implementation, specifically for profile management and configuration of a power industry Protection Automation and Control System (PACS). What's Changed New Features Refactoring jaxrs-common to rest-common and adding websocket-common module. by @dlabordus in #182 Bugfixes…
LF Energy and the OpenEEmeter project team are pleased to re-launch the CalTRACK working group to incorporate updates to the methods and code and formally enfold CalTRACK under the OpenEEmeter project umbrella. What Is CalTRACKThe CalTRACK methods and OpenEEmeter codebase are a standard and transparent set of procedures designed to calculate savings based on metered energy consumption. Since their development these procedures…
Since the launch of the Linux Foundation Energy, an ecosystem of industrial projects has been growing. From isolated projects held by isolated companies, a set of connected solutions is now emerging for some fields. In particular for the grid management, it is now possible to draw a fully connected net of open source tools from…
We are proud to announce that the EVerest project won an award at Automobilwoche Congress in Berlin, sponsored by McKinsey & Company. Automobilwoche is a German industry and business newspaper for the entire automotive sector. PIONIX, the startup that originated the EVerest project that is now hosted at LF Energy, was one of seven startups…
A new version, v0.19.0, of pypowsybl has been released. Please have a look at the release notes for more details: Features powsybl-dependencies v1.3.0 --> v1.3.1 (#521)Creation of branches and injections with feeder bays (#484, #494)Expose "connectable position" extension data (#498, #505), and utility functions to work with it (#492)Expose extensions related to short circuits computations (#479)Allow to update regulated side for ratio…
This post was contributed by Sander Jansen, Product Owner, System Operations at Alliander CoMPAS presented at IEC 61850 Week! The open source energy community is working hard to achieve digitization to meet the current challenges faced by transmission system operators and distribution system operators. As a DSO, I know it is becoming increasingly important to…
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,…
OperatorFabric is a modular, extensible, industrial-strength, and field-tested platform for systems operators. OperatorFabric includes several features essential for electricity, water, and other utility operations. The project has just been updated to version 3.10.0 with a number of bug fixes and new features. Migration from 3.9.x See Migration Guide from release 3.9.x to release 3.10.0 Features #3357 :…
This post was contributed by Jonas van den Bogaard of LF Energy member Alliander. Céad mile fáilte! – One hundred thousand welcomes in old Irish. With that sentence, Hilary Carter from the Linux Foundation Research started her keynote where she presented the outcomes of the World of Open Source: Europe Spotlight 2022 research report. An…
One of the biggest obstacles to mass adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is a lack of compatibility and plug & play capabilities. The LF Energy EVerest project aims to tackle this challenge and others related to EV charging globally. By utilizing a “code first” approach, the project aims to increase innovation tenfold in the EV…
The transition to green energy will be propelled by digital technologies, but are all the stakeholders ready, and what do they need to do to get there? To make progress, one must first identify where stakeholders are, what's lacking, what's preventing it, and what assistance organizations believe they require to move ahead. LF Energy, in…
LF Energy’s SOGNO project – which means “dream” in Italian and stands for “Service-based Open-source Grid automation platform for Network Operation” – is intended to accelerate the transition of energy production based on fossil fuels to more decentralized energy sources and storage devices that are integrated into power systems. Decentralized energy production can complicate the…
The LF Energy Foundation aims to serve open source in the energy industry by providing a vendor-neutral and sustainable home for open source projects and communities to collaborate and innovate. As part of our ongoing process to ensure the LF Energy Foundation staff and foundation leadership are serving the projects and communities well, we conduct…
Open Source Summit Europe takes place September 12-16, 2022 in Dublin, Ireland. This is the premier event for open source developers, technologists, and community leaders to collaborate, share information, solve problems and gain knowledge, furthering open source innovation and ensuring a sustainable open source ecosystem. It is the gathering place for open source code and…
OperatorFabric 3.9.2.RELEASE is now available. This patch fixes a bug concerning the configuration of the default locale. You can see our release note on github.
To decarbonize the energy sector requires expertise and commitment from all corners, and the LF Energy Governing Board welcomes such expertise and passion. We’re pleased today to welcome two new members to the Governing Board.
SOGNO is an LF Energy project that is creating plug-and-play, cloud-native, micro-services to implement our next generation of data-driven monitoring and control systems. It will simplify the life of distribution utilities by enabling them to optimize their network operations.
LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to decarbonize our global economies, announces five new software projects and 19 new Strategic, General and Associate members.
Arresting climate change is no longer an option but a must to save the planet for future generations. The key to doing so is to transition off fossil fuels to renewable energy sources and to do so without tanking economies and our very way of life.
Many companies have goals to get to net zero emissions, but they’re flying blind because they cannot connect their real-time energy consumption with the availability of renewables.
More consumers and corporations want to know the carbon footprint of the companies they do business with, and businesses are buying more renewable energy in response. But it’s no longer enough just to buy and use renewables. The pressure is on companies to also understand the carbon impact of those purchases. That’s where FlexiDAO comes in.…
In December 2021 and January of 2022, LF Energy members along with OpenForum Europe convened a group of stakeholders to respond formally to a request for public consultation by the European Commission.
The destructive forces of climate change continue to build, but 2022 will be the year—must be the year—that we all absorb that fact and begin the process of transformation. This year, the planet and businesses will begin to go “all in” in terms of trying to understand what it means to decarbonize, predicts Shuli Goodman,…
The modern grid will depend on good communication between utilities, customers, and devices. For instance, utilities need to tell a customer that renewable energy is available, so fire up that EV charging station. Or, customers, network conditions require you to turn your thermostats down to avoid bringing on a fossil-fuel peaker-plant, or black outs.
Electricity is electricity and it shouldn’t be this hard. But EV charging technologies are all developed by different companies, all of whom create software on their own and interpret the standards differently.
LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on the power systems sector, welcomes EVerest, an open source software stack designed to establish a common base layer for a unified EV charging ecosystem, as its 13th incubating project.
A fundamental part of meeting the objectives of the United Nations Climate Conference will depend on the acceleration of power system network transformation. As it stands today, future targets will not be met, complicated by the fact that clean energy initiatives such as renewable energy and electric vehicles cause increasing fluctuations in power supply and…
Key to substation automation is LF Energy’s Configuration Modules for Power Industry Automation Systems (CoMPAS) project, announced in 2020. CoMPAS should enable grid operators to manage the transition to clean energy by better handling fluctuations in supply from renewable resources and demand from electric vehicles.
As the world begins considering how to move forward after COP26 the role of distribution, transmission, and energy service companies will become critical in decarbonizing power systems and insuring a smooth transition to electric mobility and away from gas, coal, and other fossil-fuels.
FledgePower is a reference project within LF Energy that is built on top of LF Edge's Fledge - an industrial IoT gateway. What we believe is important and unique about FledgePower is that rather than starting from scratch, the LF Energy and LF Edge developer community added a power systems use case on top of…
LF Energy's approach to COP26 has been to go heads down and focus on creating the conditions for accelerating the energy transition. We want the world to know: we’re here and working together on a platform for collaboration.
The very ethos of open source and LF Energy is that we can accomplish digital paradigm shifts faster, more securely, and with less costs to the bottomline. We are better together than going at it alone. That collaborative might is needed now more than ever to decarbonize our power grid and, eventually, our economy to…
LF Energy Architecture Principles Version 1.0 of the LF Energy Architecture Principles was recently released by a group of ten industry experts! The team of individuals leading this effort seek to provide a consistent and measurable level of quality to guide decision-making for LF Energy governance and technical communities.
Security of our global power grid is of utmost importance to the energy industry and for the function of our society as a whole. Recent events such as the Colonial Pipeline ransomware cyberattack and the SolarWinds attack have shown the importance of being able to secure both the infrastructure and the supply chain of the…
LF Energy (LFE) hosted the LF Energy Spring Summit on April 14, 2021, and it received overwhelmingly positive feedback from attendees. LF Energy, an umbrella foundation of the Linux Foundation, brings together stakeholders to solve the complex, interconnected problems associated with the decarbonization of energy and sector coupling through neutral governance, an open, collaborative community,…
The world around us is changing rapidly, and we need each other’s knowledge and resources in order to keep on track. Alliander is driven by the social importance of keeping energy reliable, affordable and accessible for everyone. They also feel it is important
LF Energy project, PowSyBl, is proud to announce they have achieved the CII Best Practices Badge! PowSyBl is an open source system dedicated to providing electrical grid models, simulation, and grid analysis. It helps in writing and providing software that could be used in analysis and power system simulation. It can create simulations and analysis…
LF Energy Spring Summit is dedicated to supporting the global collaboration of utilities, OEMs, suppliers, and significant energy users. Together we will learn, participate, build community and fundamentally reimagine software investments – whether spent on commercial, in-house, or by joining us to leverage an open source development model.
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.
OperatorFabric, a modular, extensible, industrial-strength, and field-tested platform for system operators, will be the center of attention during this webinar on Wednesday December 2nd. A must-see for everyone involved in system operations and curious about how this platform can improve and accelerate it.
LF Energy Landscape leverages infrastructure created for the CNCF Landscape and that is being leveraged by other foundations hosted at the Linux Foundation. This resource is community maintained, meaning anyone can issue a pull request to add or update a listing. We invite you to join us on Thursday, October 22 at 11:00a ET to…
On Friday, October 2nd, LF Energy’s OperatorFabric project released Let’s Coordinate, as their first industrial use case of the smart platform for system operators.
Thank you all who participated in the LF Energy Technical Architecture Workshop. There were 155 attendees logging in from 36 different countries! The workshop featured 7 breakout sessions that encouraged open collaboration toward the individual breakout goals. To become involved in any of these projects and/or working groups, be sure to join the mailing lists by…
LF Energy is excited for the upcoming Technical Architecture Workshop that will be held virtually via QiqoChat on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 from 14:00 - 19:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST), UTC +2. Make sure you view the schedule and register. The workshop is free to attend.
LF Energy is excited to be hosting a Technical Architecture Workshop. This workshop is a creative, online event geared towards enterprise architects, digital technology specialists, and developers. The goal is to share the work of the last four months in building and developing the technical, functional, security, and data architectures that will provide guidance and direction…
Robert Tusveld from Alliander gave a great presentation this week about Grid eXchange Fabric. You can now see the video here:
On January 13-15, 2020 in Paris, France, a team of IT specialists at the transmission and distribution level engaged in a collaborative coding event to create open source software for asset monitoring. RTE, Alliander and TenneT worked together through this three-day immersion to learn more about each other’s projects and to gain understanding about joint…
This is a great opportunity for a free full-day training on working in open source. The event is Feb 6 in Arnhem, Netherlands.
On January 13-15, 2020 in Paris, France, a team of IT specialists at the transmission and distribution level will engage in a collaborative coding event to create open source software for asset monitoring. RTE, Alliander and TenneT will work together through this three-day immersion to learn more about each other’s projects and to gain understanding…
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…
WIRED Magazine has published a great article about LF Energy, check it out!
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 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 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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
The electricity system is the biggest and one of the most complex machines ever built. In recent decades, this machine has begun to undergo a radical transition, with both the way we generate and use electricity evolving. In the midst of this, however, the power grid has not been able to keep up pace, which…
As we end 2018, I wanted to reengage with the growing Linux Foundation Energy (LF Energy) community to say thank you for being on the frontlines of transforming our global electricity systems. Our work is an epic responsibility given the pressing planetary issues we face in the next 10 years to globally reduce carbon from…
In mid-July, The Linux Foundation launched LF Energy with support from RTE, Europe’s biggest transmission power systems operator, the Electric Power Research Institute, the European Network of Transmission System Operators, and others, in a bid to speed technological innovation and accelerate the energy transition across the planet. System operators, and the utilities that bring electricity to our homes, businesses, and…
We are thrilled to introduce the new LF Energy initiative to support and promote open source in the energy and electricity sectors. LF Energy is focused on accelerating the energy transition, including the move to renewable energy, electric mobility, demand response and more.
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