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Sep 29, 2023

Power Grid Model v1.6 Now Available

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

Sep 19, 2023

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

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

Aug 8, 2023

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

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

Jul 13, 2023

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

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

Jun 1, 2023

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

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