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Jan 16, 2025 | 
coriogeneration.com | Dan Brown
Sceirde Rocks Windfarm, a landmark renewable energy project on Ireland’s west coast, submits application for consent for 450 MW offshore wind farm Project could power 350,000 Irish homes, save an estimated 550,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, and invest up to €70m in local community initiatives Sceirde Rocks Windfarm, a proposed offshore wind development off the western coast of Ireland, has submitted its application for consent to Ireland’s planning authority, An Bord Pleanála.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
lfenergy.org | Dan Brown
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.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
lfenergy.org | Dan Brown
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 as OpenADR 2.0b, which is widely used within the industry.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
lfenergy.org | Dan Brown
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 53.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
lfenergy.org | Dan Brown
Sold Out LF Energy Summit Accelerates Collaboration on Energy Transition Technologies 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.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
lfenergy.org | Dan Brown
OperatorFabric v.4.4.0 Release Candidate Introduces Command Line Interface 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.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
lfenergy.org | Dan Brown
Open Sustainability Policy Summit Recap and Video: Advancing Energy-Economic-Climate Modeling: Establishing a Community Platform 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).
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
lfenergy.org | Dan Brown
Open EV Charging Summit Recap and Video: Powering the Future of EV Charging 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 ExpertiseChargebyte GmbH, originally known as IT2, began in the late 90s with a focus on power line communication and smart home products.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
lfenergy.org | Dan Brown
Open EV Charging Summit Recap and Video: Hardware Design Considerations for EV Charging 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.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
lfenergy.org | Dan Brown
Open EV Charging Summit Recap and Video: How to Build a DC Charger with LF Energy EVerest 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 of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.
