THE LINUX FOUNDATION PROJECTS

Projects

LF Energy projects provide a unified approach to developing non-differentiating code that can enable the world’s power systems to transform rapidly to electrification. LF Energy provides a neutral leveraged development environment that can accelerate the pace of innovation and target investments in a coordinated and efficient manner.

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AINETUS

AINETUS

AI-based decision support for complex grid operations

Arras

Arras

Arras, formerly known as HiPAS GridLab-D, has emerged as an important open-source tool for utilities, researchers, and technology vendors in the development, maturation, and deployment of smart-grid and renewable energy resource integration technology.

Battery Data Alliance

Battery Data Alliance

Building sustainable open source software, best practices, and delivery standards for the battery industry

CDS Customer Data

CDS Customer Data

CDS Customer Data focuses on writing free, open specifications for providing utility customer data access, in order to facilitate carbon emissions calculations and decarbonization efforts.

CDS Power Systems Data

CDS Power Systems Data

CDS Power Systems Data aims to define an open specification for raw electric power system data to facilitate a systematic and more accurate approach to report grid emissions.

CDS Registration

CDS Registration

CDS Registration simplifies secure connectivity between energy systems and third-party services.

CitrineOS

CitrineOS

Open source charger network software for rapid OCPP 2.0.1 and NEVI compliant EV charge management.

CityLearn

CityLearn

Simulation environment for distributed energy flexibility benchmarking

CoMPAS

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).

covXtreme

covXtreme

covXtreme is a model and software for hazard risk analysis of extreme events. covXtreme estimates penalised piecewise constant covariate marginal and conditional extreme value models, and allows environmental contour estimation.

CUPID

CUPID

Open source IEEE 2030.5 interoperability toolkit for DER communication.

Dynawo

Dynawo

Hybrid C++/Modelica open source suite of simulation tools for power systems

EVerest

Open source firmware stack for standards-compliant, interoperable, and secure EV charging.

FIDOpower

FIDOpower

A framework for inter-organizational data exchange, data and model synthesis, and system performance analysis across multiple power systems tools.

FlexMeasures

FlexMeasures is the intelligent and developer-friendly EMS to support real-time energy flexibility apps, rapidly and scalable.

GEISA

GEISA

The secure, interoperable ecosystem to streamline the cybersecurity, deployment, scaling and operation of next-generation grid edge computing and applications.

Grid2Op

Grid2Op

Grid2Op is an open source framework designed for intelligent power grid control.

GridVantage

GridVantage

GridVantage is a cutting-edge software platform designed to help electric grid operators anticipate, mitigate against, and recover from the effects of extreme weather events.

GXF

Grid eXchange Fabric (GXF) is a software platform that enables hardware monitoring and control in the public space.

Hyphae

Hyphae aims to make the grid more resilient and flexible with microgrids.

NODE Collective

NODE Collective

A nonprofit alliance dedicated to sourcing, structuring, and maintaining comprehensive data on every incentive program in the U.S.

OpenDSM

OpenDSM

OpenDSM (formerly OpenEEmeter) is an open source library used to measure the impacts of demand-side programs by using historical data to fit models and then create predictions (counterfactuals) to compare to post-intervention, observed energy usage.

OpenGridFM

OpenGridFM

OpenGridFM is an open source framework to enable the emergence of foundation models for power grids.

openLEADR

OpenLEADR - Friendly and compliant implementations of OpenADR 2.0b and OpenADR 3.1.

OpenSTEF

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.

OpenSynth

OpenSynth

OpenSynth is an open data community democratizing access to AI-generated synthetic and real energy data, accelerating the decarbonization of global energy systems.

OperatorFabric

OperatorFabric is a smart assistant for systems operators.

ORES – Open Renewable Energy Systems

ORES – Open Renewable Energy Systems

ORES is an open source initiative under LF Energy focused on accelerating the development and adoption of interoperable, modular, and intelligent energy systems.

p-SWAMP

p-SWAMP

An open, modular R&D platform for next-generation wide-area monitoring, real-time stability assessment, and AI-assisted power system operations.

Power Grid Model

Power Grid Model

Power Grid Model is a high-performance Python/C++ library for steady-state distribution power system analysis.

PowSyBl

PowSyBl (Power System Blocks) is an open source library dedicated to electrical grid modeling, simulation and visualization.

Real Time Data Ingestion Platform (RTDIP)

RDIP aims to provide easy access to high-volume, historical and real-time process data for analytics applications, engineers, and data scientists wherever they are.

RTC-Tools

RTC-Tools

An open source Python framework for modeling, simulating, and optimizing time-dependent systems in water, energy, and environmental domains.

SC Decarbonisation Hub

SC Decarbonisation Hub

SC Decarbonisation Hub (SCDH) provides visibility into, and the ability to manage, suppliers' Scope 3 emissions.

SEAPATH

SEAPATH is a high availability real-time hypervisor for hosting digital substation virtualized protection and control applications (vPAC).

Semantic Energy Framework (SEF)

Semantic Energy Framework (SEF)

An open, ontology-driven interoperability framework enabling secure, semantic-centric data exchange across the energy ecosystem and beyond.

Shapeshifter

Shapeshifter implements the Universal Smart Energy Framework for flexibility forecasting, offering, ordering, and settlement processes.

SOGNO

SOGNO is creating plug-and-play, cloud-native, micro-services to implement our next generation of data-driven monitoring and control systems.

TROLIE

TROLIE

Accelerating the implementation of interoperable systems for the exchange of transmission facility ratings.

Utility Rate Plan Exchange (URPX)

Utility Rate Plan Exchange (URPX)

An open semantic standard to standardize representation and exchange of utility rate plan data.

Battery Data Alliance

Battery Data Alliance

Building sustainable open source software, best practices, and delivery standards for the battery industry

FIDOpower

FIDOpower

A framework for inter-organizational data exchange, data and model synthesis, and system performance analysis across multiple power systems tools.

NODE Collective

NODE Collective

A nonprofit alliance dedicated to sourcing, structuring, and maintaining comprehensive data on every incentive program in the U.S.

OpenDSM

OpenDSM

OpenDSM (formerly OpenEEmeter) is an open source library used to measure the impacts of demand-side programs by using historical data to fit models and then create predictions (counterfactuals) to compare to post-intervention, observed energy usage.

OpenSynth

OpenSynth

OpenSynth is an open data community democratizing access to AI-generated synthetic and real energy data, accelerating the decarbonization of global energy systems.

SC Decarbonisation Hub

SC Decarbonisation Hub

SC Decarbonisation Hub (SCDH) provides visibility into, and the ability to manage, suppliers' Scope 3 emissions.

Semantic Energy Framework (SEF)

Semantic Energy Framework (SEF)

An open, ontology-driven interoperability framework enabling secure, semantic-centric data exchange across the energy ecosystem and beyond.

TROLIE

TROLIE

Accelerating the implementation of interoperable systems for the exchange of transmission facility ratings.

CoMPAS

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).

SEAPATH

SEAPATH is a high availability real-time hypervisor for hosting digital substation virtualized protection and control applications (vPAC).

CitrineOS

CitrineOS

Open source charger network software for rapid OCPP 2.0.1 and NEVI compliant EV charge management.

CityLearn

CityLearn

Simulation environment for distributed energy flexibility benchmarking

CUPID

CUPID

Open source IEEE 2030.5 interoperability toolkit for DER communication.

EVerest

Open source firmware stack for standards-compliant, interoperable, and secure EV charging.

FlexMeasures

FlexMeasures is the intelligent and developer-friendly EMS to support real-time energy flexibility apps, rapidly and scalable.

Hyphae

Hyphae aims to make the grid more resilient and flexible with microgrids.

openLEADR

OpenLEADR - Friendly and compliant implementations of OpenADR 2.0b and OpenADR 3.1.

ORES – Open Renewable Energy Systems

ORES – Open Renewable Energy Systems

ORES is an open source initiative under LF Energy focused on accelerating the development and adoption of interoperable, modular, and intelligent energy systems.

GEISA

GEISA

The secure, interoperable ecosystem to streamline the cybersecurity, deployment, scaling and operation of next-generation grid edge computing and applications.

Grid2Op

Grid2Op

Grid2Op is an open source framework designed for intelligent power grid control.

GXF

Grid eXchange Fabric (GXF) is a software platform that enables hardware monitoring and control in the public space.

OperatorFabric

OperatorFabric is a smart assistant for systems operators.

p-SWAMP

p-SWAMP

An open, modular R&D platform for next-generation wide-area monitoring, real-time stability assessment, and AI-assisted power system operations.

Real Time Data Ingestion Platform (RTDIP)

RDIP aims to provide easy access to high-volume, historical and real-time process data for analytics applications, engineers, and data scientists wherever they are.

Shapeshifter

Shapeshifter implements the Universal Smart Energy Framework for flexibility forecasting, offering, ordering, and settlement processes.

SOGNO

SOGNO is creating plug-and-play, cloud-native, micro-services to implement our next generation of data-driven monitoring and control systems.

Arras

Arras

Arras, formerly known as HiPAS GridLab-D, has emerged as an important open-source tool for utilities, researchers, and technology vendors in the development, maturation, and deployment of smart-grid and renewable energy resource integration technology.

covXtreme

covXtreme

covXtreme is a model and software for hazard risk analysis of extreme events. covXtreme estimates penalised piecewise constant covariate marginal and conditional extreme value models, and allows environmental contour estimation.

Dynawo

Dynawo

Hybrid C++/Modelica open source suite of simulation tools for power systems

GridVantage

GridVantage

GridVantage is a cutting-edge software platform designed to help electric grid operators anticipate, mitigate against, and recover from the effects of extreme weather events.

OpenGridFM

OpenGridFM

OpenGridFM is an open source framework to enable the emergence of foundation models for power grids.

OpenSTEF

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.

Power Grid Model

Power Grid Model

Power Grid Model is a high-performance Python/C++ library for steady-state distribution power system analysis.

PowSyBl

PowSyBl (Power System Blocks) is an open source library dedicated to electrical grid modeling, simulation and visualization.

RTC-Tools

RTC-Tools

An open source Python framework for modeling, simulating, and optimizing time-dependent systems in water, energy, and environmental domains.