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Oct 24, 2025

PowSyBl: Grid Modeling at the Core of Europe’s Power Grid Planification and Operation

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… Read more.

Oct 17, 2025

LF Energy Summit North America 2025: A Day of Connection, Innovation, and Open Collaboration

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… Read more.

Oct 14, 2025

Open-Source Congestion Management: Future-Proofing Solutions for the Energy Grid

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… Read more.

Oct 10, 2025

CoMPAS 0.25.0 Released – Updated Deployment with Enhanced Open SCD Integration

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… Read more.

Oct 10, 2025

Reimagining Substation Infrastructure: How Virtualization and SEAPATH Are Transforming RTE’s Energy Systems

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,… Read more.