LF Energy
{{Short description|Electricity sector technology}}
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Linux Foundation Energy (known as LF Energy) is an initiative launched by the US-based Linux Foundation in 2018 to improve the power grid.{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/6162201/open-source-green-grid/|title=Harnessing Collective Action to Green the Grid|magazine=Time}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.powermag.com/open-source-technology-benefits-transmission-and-distribution-operators/|title=Open-Source Technology Benefits Transmission and Distribution Operators|first=Aaron|last=Larson|date=June 10, 2021}}https://jolts.world/index.php/jolts/article/download/137/261 Its aim is to spur the uptake of digital technologies within the electricity sector and adjoining sectors using open source software and practices, with a key application being the smarter grid.{{Cite web|url=https://thenewstack.io/the-linux-foundations-open-source-stack-for-ev-charging-infrastructure/|title=The Linux Foundation's Open Source Stack for EV Charging Infrastructure|date=March 11, 2022}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/story/go-green-energy-industry-open-source/|title=To Go Green, the Energy Industry Goes Open Source|first=Klint|last=Finley|magazine=Wired}}
History
LF Energy was formed in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.entsoe.eu/events/2018/08/27/lf-energy-introductory-event/|title=LF ENERGY Introductory Event|website=www.entsoe.eu}} The organization was founded by Shuli Goodman, who served as its executive director.{{Cite web|url=https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/corporate-procurement/can-24-7-carbon-free-energy-become-a-global-standard|title=Can 24/7 carbon-free energy become a global standard?|website=Canary Media|date=31 March 2022 }}{{cite news | last=Englund | first=Will | title=Plug-in cars are the future. The grid isn't ready. | newspaper=Washington Post | date=2021-10-13 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/13/electric-vehicles-grid-upgrade/ | access-date=2022-05-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.jara.org/en/research/energy/news/detail/JARA-ENERGY-Talks-Goodman|title=The road to energy transition - JARA-ENERGY Talks with Dr. Shuli Goodman - JARA - Jülich Aachen Research Alliance|website=www.jara.org|date=20 May 2021 }} RTE supported the creation of LF Energy since early 2018 and became its first Strategic Member.{{Cite web|url=https://electra.cigre.org/319-december-2021/technology-e2e/an-open-source-driven-transformation-in-the-power-industry.html|title=An open source driven transformation in the power industry|website=ELECTRA}} LF Energy is an umbrella organization that includes energy companies such as Alliander and RTE.{{Cite web|url=https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/linux-foundation-launches-grid-exchange-fabric-for-smart-grid-standard/|title=Linux Foundation launches Grid eXchange Fabric for smart grid standard|website=Rethink}} Energy company executives such as Arjan Stam (Director of System Operations at Alliander) and Lucian Balea (Director of Open Source) have joined LF Energy as governing board members. LF Energy helped develop Alliander's open source program offices after Alliander joined the organization in 2019.
The organization formally launched in May 2019.
LF Energy launched the open industrial IoT platform GXF (Grid eXchange Fabric) in collaboration with Alliander in February 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefastmode.com/technology-solutions/16394-linux-foundations-lf-energy-launches-gxf-as-open-smart-grid-platform|title=Linux Foundation's LF Energy Launches GXF as Open Smart Grid Platform|first=Ray|last=Sharma|website=www.thefastmode.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/energy_saving/lf-energy-and-alliander-announce-gxf-to-20200211|title=Energy saving - LF Energy and Alliander announce GXF to tackle interoperability on the Dutch power grid|website=Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism|date=11 February 2020 }}{{Cite web|url=http://embeddedcomputing.com/application/industrial/industrial-iot/lf-energy-alliander-announce-gxf-to-tackle-interoperability-on-power-grid|title=LF Energy, Alliander Announce GXF to Tackle Interoperability on Power Grid|first=OpenSystems|last=Media|website=Embedded Computing Design}}
LF Energy partnered with GE Renewable Energy, Schneider Electric, National Grid, and RTE (Réseau de Transport d'Électricité) to launch the Digital Substation Automation Systems (DSAS) initiative and the related Configuration Modules for Power Industry Automation Systems (CoMPAS) project in 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.utilitydive.com/news/lf-energy-announces-open-source-substation-project-to-better-handle-variabl/580413/|title=LF Energy announces open source substation project to better handle variable renewables, EVs|website=Utility Dive}} The DSAS initiative aims to use open-source technology to convert electrical substations into digital substations to accelerate progress towards achieving carbon neutrality.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iotevolutionworld.com/iot/articles/445921-lf-energy-launches-digital-substation-modernize-power-grid.htm|title=LF Energy Launches Digital Substation to Modernize Power Grid|website=www.iotevolutionworld.com}} In like manner, CoMPAS provided software modules for automation systems in the power industry.{{Cite web|url=https://fr.techtribune.net/linux/lf-energy-resoudre-les-problemes-du-reseau-electrique-moderne-grace-a-un-investissement-partage/273523/|title=LF Energy : Résoudre Les Problèmes Du Réseau électrique Moderne Grâce à Un Investissement Partagé - Tech Tribune France|date=17 March 2022 }}
In 2020, LF Energy launched the second DSAS open-source project SEAPATH, which provided a platform for virtualized automation for power grids and substations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenbiz.com/article/how-open-source-software-could-revamp-aging-electrical-grid|title=How open source software could revamp the aging electrical grid | Greenbiz|website=www.greenbiz.com}}
In 2021, LF Energy collaborated with Sony Computer Science Laboratory on the microgrid initiative Hyphae, which aims to automate peer-to-peer renewable energy distribution.{{cite web | url=https://www.eetimes.com/lf-energy-and-sony-csl-to-collaborate-on-an-open-source-microgrid-project/ | title=LF Energy and Sony CSL to Collaborate on an Open-Source Microgrid Project | date=10 March 2021 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/lf-energy-sony-plant-open-source-microgrid-roots/2021/02/|title=LF Energy, Sony Plant Open Source Microgrid Roots - SDxCentral}}{{Cite web|url=https://microgridknowledge.com/microgrid-mining-hitachi-abb/|title=Mining Microgrid from Hitachi ABB...and news from Sony, LF Energy, Emera and Novonix|date=February 23, 2021}} The organization also introduced the SOGNO software initially funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 programs.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-15 |title=Open Minds and Open Source: Linux Foundation LF Energy Introduces Two Initiatives Designed to Reduce Carbon and Shift to Sustainable Energy |url=https://www.iotevolutionworld.com/iot/articles/448576-open-minds-open-source-linux-foundation-lf-energy.htm |website=www.iotevolutionworld.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/sruw?lidx=1#aaaaaaaaaaasrvb|title=SOGNO - RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY - English|website=www.rwth-aachen.de}} Its focus is on grid automation using microservices and control rooms.{{Cite news|url=https://www.smartgridtoday.com/public/LF-Energy-starts-2-initiatives-to-decarbonize-Earth.cfm|title=LF Energy starts 2 initiatives to decarbonize Earth|date=April 13, 2021|website=www.smartgridtoday.com|last1=Com|first1=Smartgridtoday}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Microsoft partnered with LF Energy as part of its 100/100/0 program in September 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-joins-grid-decarbonization-effort-from-linux-foundation-nonprofit/|title=Microsoft joins grid decarbonization effort from Linux Foundation nonprofit|first=Jonathan|last=Greig|website=ZDNet}}
Google joined LF Energy as a Strategic Member as part of its 24/7 Carbon Free Energy initiative in early 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.edie.net/google-forges-ahead-with-plans-for-hourly-renewable-electricity-tracking/|title=Google forges ahead with plans for hourly renewable electricity tracking - edie|website=www.edie.net}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/google-and-others-have-committed-to-24-7-carbon-free-energy-what-does-that-mean|title=Google and others have committed to 24/7 carbon-free energy. What…|website=Canary Media|date=12 November 2021 }}
In early 2022, LF Energy launched the EVerest project, which aims to provide open source software for the electric vehicle charging infrastructure.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/everest-the-open-source-software-stack-for-electric-vehicle-charging-infrastructure/|title=EVerest: The open source software stack for EV charging infrastructure|first=Steven|last=Vaughan-Nichols|website=ZDNet}}{{Cite web|url=https://sdtimes.com/softwaredev/sd-times-open-source-project-of-the-week-everest/|title=SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: EVerest|date=January 14, 2022}} LF Energy was also one of the organizations that took part in the Carbon Call, an initiative aimed at developing reliable measurement and accounting of carbon emissions.{{Cite web|url=https://news.microsoft.com/2022/02/10/leading-organizations-form-the-carbon-call-to-address-reliability-and-interoperability-in-carbon-accounting-for-the-planet/|title=Leading organizations form the Carbon Call to address reliability and interoperability in carbon accounting for the planet|date=February 10, 2022|website=Stories}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-and-20-others-call-for-carbon-accounting-standards/|title=Microsoft and 20 others call for carbon accounting standards|first=Peter Judge|last=Comment|website=www.datacenterdynamics.com}}
Shuli Goodman died on 3{{nbsp}}January 2023.
{{cite web
| author = Anon
| title = In memory of Dr Shuli Goodman
| date = 12 January 2023
| work = The Linux Foundation
| location = San Francisco, California, United States
| url = https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/in-memory-of-dr-shuli-goodman
| access-date = 2024-07-03
}} Obituary.
Governing board
- Lucan Balea (Strategic Member Representative & Board Chair)
- Arjan Stam (Strategic Member Representative & Board Treasurer)
- Antonello Monti (Technical Advisory Council Chair)
- Maud Texier (Strategic Member Representative - Google)
- Audrey Lee (Strategic Member Representative - Microsoft){{Cite web |date=2022-03-17 |title=LF Energy : Résoudre les problèmes du réseau électrique moderne grâce à un |url=https://fr.techtribune.net/linux/lf-energy-resoudre-les-problemes-du-reseau-electrique-moderne-grace-a-un-investissement-partage/273523/ |website=techtribune.net}}{{Cite web |date=2021-05-27 |title=What is an open source program office? |url=https://venturebeat.com/2021/05/27/what-is-an-open-source-program-office/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US}}
- Marissa Hummon (General Member Representative - Utilidata)
- McGee Young (General Member Representative - WattCarbon)
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- {{official|www.lfenergy.org}}
{{Linux Foundation}}