LF Energy Summit 2024: Full Schedule

In Person
5 - 6 September, 2024
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08:00 CEST

Registration

Thursday September 5, 2024 08:00 - 17:00 CEST

Foyer

Thursday September 5, 2024 08:00 - 17:00 CEST
Foyer

Registration

09:00 CEST

Keynote: Welcome & Opening Remarks - Alex Thornton

Thursday September 5, 2024 09:00 - 09:20 CEST

Ballroom Salon

Speakers

Alex Thornton

Executive Director, LF Energy

Alex Thornton currently serves as Executive Director of LF Energy. Alex has nearly two decades of experience in applying technology for energy and climate impact. Prior to LF Energy, Alex served in leadership positions at energy and climate innovators including Cleartrace, Sunrun... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 09:00 - 09:20 CEST
Ballroom Salon

Keynote Sessions

09:20 CEST

Keynote Session: Mark van Stiphout, European Commission

Thursday September 5, 2024 09:20 - 09:30 CEST

Ballroom Salon

Speakers

Mark van Stiphout

Deputy Head of Unit - Research, Innovation, Digitalisation, Competitiveness at DG Energy, European Commission

Thursday September 5, 2024 09:20 - 09:30 CEST
Ballroom Salon

Keynote Sessions

09:30 CEST

Keynote: The Strategic Benefits of Open Source Collaboration for the Energy Transition and Policy - Dan Brown, LF Energy; Antonello Monti, RWTH Aachen University; Lucian Balea, RTE; Savannah Goodman, Google; Jonas van den Bogaard, Alliander N.V.

Thursday September 5, 2024 09:30 - 10:30 CEST

Ballroom Salon

Open source is a unique method of building technology by sharing R&D and collaborating on solutions to common challenges faced by multiple stakeholders. This significantly differs from proprietary development methods where a single organization drives the full development process. Open source offers many benefits including faster development, simpler deployment, lower costs, increased innovation, improved interoperability and upgradability, and better cybersecurity. Open source ecosystems support a range of business models, from the pooling of innovation efforts to the deployment of enterprise solutions supported by service providers. It has specific implications for the energy transition as well as policy and regulatory compliance in the sector. This session will gather leaders in energy and open source who will discuss why their organizations have committed to an open source strategy, how they went about implementing it, and what benefits they are seeing. It will also explore how innovation and the energy transition can be sped up, and how government policies and regulations can work with and enhance open source communities.

Speakers

Lucian Balea

Deputy Director of R&D and Open Source Director, RTE

Lucian Balea est Directeur de Programme Open Source chez RTE, gestionnaire du réseau de transport d’électricité français. A ce titre, il dirige la stratégie open source adoptée par RTE pour décupler l’efficacité et l’innovation dans activités logicielles cœur de métier... Read More →

Jonas van den Bogaard

Digital Strategy Lead & Open Source Office Lead, Alliander N.V.

Jonas van den Bogaard is a Digital Strategy Lead at Alliander, a distribution system operator (DSO) in the Netherlands. Alliander provides reliable, affordable, and accessible energy transport and distribution to a large part of the Netherlands. Open source has proved to be an enabler... Read More →

Dan Brown

Director of Communications, LF Energy

Dan Brown oversees marketing and communications operations for LF Energy. He has held a variety of marketing-related roles at the Linux Foundation, and previously held senior roles in B2B tech-focused PR agencies in London, San Francisco, and Chicago. He holds a BS in Public Policy... Read More →

Savannah Goodman

Data and Software Climate Solutions Lead, Google

Savannah Goodman leads the team that incubates data and software solutions to enable Google to meet ambitious climate targets. Her ultimate goal is to accelerate system-level decarbonization. Previously, Savannah was the VP of Product and Modeling at a startup working on virtual power... Read More →

Mark van Stiphout

Deputy Head of Unit - Research, Innovation, Digitalisation, Competitiveness at DG Energy, European Commission

Antonello Monti

Prof., RWTH Aachen University

Antonello Monti received his Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, in 1994. He started his career with Ansaldo Industria and then held different academic positions in Italy and USA. Since 2008, he has been the Director of the Institute for... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 09:30 - 10:30 CEST
Ballroom Salon

Keynote Sessions, Open Source Best Practices

10:30 CEST

Coffee Break

Thursday September 5, 2024 10:30 - 11:00 CEST

Foyer

Thursday September 5, 2024 10:30 - 11:00 CEST
Foyer

Breaks

11:00 CEST

Workshop Preview: How to Train a Generative AI Model to Create Synthetic Smart Meter Data - Gus Chadney, Centre for Net Zero & Sheng Chai, Octopus Energy

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:00 - 11:15 CEST

Studio 2-3

Join us for a 15-minute workshop preview to learn more about this workshop. The workshop will take place from 13:00-15:00 on 5 September in Studio 4.

Workshop Description:
Centre for Net Zero (CNZ) proposes a hands-on lab-session covering both how to train a generative model to create synthetic smart meter data, and how to evaluate its quality. The contents of the lab will be based on: Faraday, a generative model that we have built and deployed, OpenSynth, an open-source repository of generative models and synthetic smart meter data, and a technical paper on the “Definition of Good” synthetic demand data, co-authored by CNZ and researchers from MIT, Oxford University and Georgia Tech. The aim of the lab is to spread knowledge on how to generate and evaluate synthetic smart meter data to accelerate its adoption across the energy sector, and to promote the OpenSynth project with LF Energy, encouraging more people to join the community. The dataset used will be based on the publicly available Low Carbon London dataset. The algorithms/evaluation could be based on OpenSynth work, or suggested templates/examples that CNZ will prepare. The evaluation of synthetic data will be centred around the core themes of fidelity, utility and privacy. Our target audience for the session is engineers and data scientists with knowledge of training neural networks.

Speakers

Gus Chadney

Data Lead, Centre for Net Zero

A Data Lead with a diverse range of experience in data disciplines and industries, Gus manages a team of data scientists at Centre for Net Zero (CNZ) dedicated to researching new technologies and approaches in order to accelerate the decarbonisation of global energy systems. With... Read More →

Sheng Chai

Senior Data Scientist, Octopus Energy

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:00 - 11:15 CEST
Studio 2-3

Data Standards and Tooling, Workshop

11:00 CEST

EVerest: Current Status and How It Can Help Stabilize the Grid - Robert de Leeuw, PIONIX GmbH

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:00 - 11:45 CEST

Ballroom Salon B

After a quick introduction of EVerest: an open-source charging station software stack, we will look at the current status of EVerest, the progress made last year, and the current roadmap. We will finish the session with the benefits of EVerest for the energy grid.

Speakers

Robert de Leeuw

Technology EVangelist, PIONIX GmbH

Robert is an EV Charging Protocol expert. He has a bachelor degree in computer science. During his carrier Robert has been involved in protocol development: Bluetooth, Zigbee, OCPP and OCPI. Robert has been leading the development of OCPP and OCPI protocols for years. OCA TWG chair... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:00 - 11:45 CEST
Ballroom Salon B

Grid Operations

11:00 CEST

Improving Open Source Management and Readiness in the Energy Sector: Lessons Learned from OSPOs - Boris Dolley, RTE-France; Jonas van den Bogaard, Alliander N.V.; Sebastian Grüner, E.ON Digital Technology | Moderated by: Anny Tilloy, RTE

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:00 - 11:45 CEST

Ballroom Salon A

Organizations new to open source often see adoption of an open source strategy and readiness plan as a daunting task. Helping internal stakeholders including not only engineering and technical teams but also legal, finance, marketing, and executives understand how to use and participate in open source responsibly and effectively can be a significant challenge. Many organizations opt to create an Open Source Program Office (OSPO) to help establish policies and procedures, as well as provide training and best practices, for open source use and contribution. This panel of OSPO leaders in the energy sector will explore strategies for the professional management of open source and improving open source readiness. This will include anecdotes of how these organizations first began their open source journeys, and tips and tricks for those new to the open source community to get started. This panel discussion will also include a focus on managing cybersecurity in open source for utilities.

Moderators

Anne Tilloy

Software Engineer, RTE

Anne is a member of the open source organisation PowSyBl, part of the Linux Foundation Energy. PowSyBl is a high-performance computing library for grid simulation and planning. She is responsible for the coordination between the users and the contributions, the library documentation... Read More →

Speakers

Jonas van den Bogaard

Digital Strategy Lead & Open Source Office Lead, Alliander N.V.

Boris Dolley

OSPO Director, RTE-France

Later

Sebastian Grüner

Open Source Consulting Manager, E.ON Digital Technology

Worked 13 years as a journalist and editor covering Open Source - technology and software as well as the sociopolitical influence of the projects and their communities. Leads the OSPO initiative at the IT subsidiary of E.ON, helping transform our grid for a carbon neutral future... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:00 - 11:45 CEST
Ballroom Salon A

Open Source Best Practices

11:00 CEST

FlexMeasures Demo - Nicolas Höning, Seita Energy Flexibility

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 CEST

Demo Station 1 | Studio 1

Demo of the FlexMeasures project, a framework to optimize behind-the-meter energy flexibility: - Motivation & Use Cases - Concepts & Architecture - Going through the first starter's tutorials - Show example data (visuals) from an ongoing Seita project - Roadmap & ways to collaborate / extend

Speakers

Nicolas Höning

CEO, Seita Energy Flexibility

Nicolas is a smart energy expert & co-founder of a commercial open source software startup in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. A programmer for more than 20 years and in energy optimization for more than 10. Nicolas defended his Phd dissertation in Computer Science at TU Delft (topic... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 CEST
Demo Station 1 | Studio 1

Project Demos

11:00 CEST

OwnTech: An Open-Source Hardware and Software Solution for Energy Management System - Luiz Villa, OwnTech

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 CEST

Demo Station 2 | Studio 1

The energy transition relies heavily on the combination of specialized power hardware and software, giving rise to Power Electronics. The OwnTech Foundation, an LFE member, has the objective of democratizing access to this key technology through its open-hardware and open-software ecosystem. During this talk we will introduce our hardware and software, explore a few study cases and give a live demo of a stand alone hybrid microgrid. It will include a simulated PV system, a battery system, a DC bus, a grid forming inverter and a simulated diesel generator. Dynamic responses of the system will be explored as well as its potential for testing different control algorithms. We will explore how our solution can be a benchmark system for testing and developing plug-and-play energy systems.

Speakers

Luiz Villa

Founder, OwnTech

Luiz Villa is an associate professor at the University of Toulouse. Determined to make his stand on this pale blue dot, he dedicates his scientific endeavors to creating open-source power electronics tools which can empower educators and stakeholders to act locally while collaborating... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 CEST
Demo Station 2 | Studio 1

Project Demos

11:15 CEST

Workshop Preview: OpenSTEF Workshop - Bart Pleiter & Daan van Es, Alliander

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:15 - 11:30 CEST

Studio 2-3

Join us for a 15-minute workshop preview to learn more about this workshop. This workshop will take place from 15:30 - 17:00 in Studio 4 on 5 September.

Workshop Description:
OpenSTEF is an opensource project to make short-term energy forecasts. OpenSTEF provides automated machine learning pipelines to deliver accurate and explainable forecasts of the load on the grid for the next 48 hours. Experience OpenSTEF first-hand during this workshop by running OpenSTEF on your device. Dive into the code for an interactive, hands-on learning experience. Master how to leverage OpenSTEF for accurate and efficient energy forecasting. You will also learn how to understand and evaluate the forecasts produced by OpenSTEF. Participants of the workshop are expected to have basic knowledge on Jupyter Notebook and Python.

Speakers

Daan van Es

Daan van Es, Alliander

Product Owner with 10 years of experience in Science and Data Science.

Bart Pleiter

Data Scientist, Alliander

Bart Pleiter is a Data Science Software Engineer at Alliander, a distribution system operator (DSO) in the Netherlands. Alliander provides reliable, affordable, and accessible energy transport and distribution to a large part of the Netherlands. To provide insights into the load on... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:15 - 11:30 CEST
Studio 2-3

Grid Simulation and Modeling, Workshop

11:30 CEST

Workshop Preview: Using PyPowSyBl to Assess Transfer Capacitiy of New Electricity Interconnections - Fabrice GUY, RTE

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:30 - 11:45 CEST

Studio 2-3

Join us for a 15-minute workshop preview to learn more about this workshop. This workshop will take place on 6 September from 11:00 - 12:30 in Studio 4.

Workshop Description:
Assessing the benefits of interconnection projects is one of the goals of ENTSO-E Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP). New electricity interconnections, by increasing power exchange capabilities between countries are key elements to make the energy transition happen in a cost effective and secure way. Being able to evaluate the increased power flows brought by a new interconnection project is then of major importance. To calculate this indicator (named ΔNTC: increase in Net Transfer Capacity), a tool chain based on pyPowSyBl (from Powsybl Linux Fundation Energy project) has been developed within an ENTSO-E working group and will be used for the next TYNDP. Based on a real HVDC interconnection project between France and Spain and publicly available data, we will illustrate the methodology used and all pyPowSyBl fonctionnalities involved through a Jupyter notebook: • Importing TYNDP2022 French and Spanish transmission grid model (in CGMES format) and merging them to build a common grid model, • Calculating yearly load flow on hourly basis, • Taking into account the impact of line tripping, • Calculating the ΔNTC brought by the interconnection project.

Speakers

Fabrice GUY

M., RTE

Fabrice Guy graduated from Ecole Centrale de Lille in 1996. He joined RTE R&D Department and worked 15 years as Power System Engineer in developing softwares dealing with Voltage Stability and Load Frequency Control. In 2011, he joined RTE Grid planning studies Department and is been... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:30 - 11:45 CEST
Studio 2-3

Grid Simulation and Modeling, Workshop

11:45 CEST

RomeFlex: SOGNO Platform in Action - Antonello Monti, RWTH Aachen University & Ercole De Luca, Areti SpA

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:45 - 12:30 CEST

Ballroom Salon B

This session will describe the concrete experience of the grid operator areti to bring the Platform SOGNO in a real life context. Within the project ROMEFLEX, areti is completely transforming the operation of the grid in the city of Rome while introducing an implementation of local market of flexibility. The process of transformation goes from the level of substation to the control room. The solution is developed in parallel to the current operation so that the SOGNO solution integrates within the already working Distribution Management System. The session will present both the technical solution and the services developed as support and also the internal process of transformation of areti to drive this process. The session will cover: - review of the key characteristics of the SOGNO platform. Services already adopted and plans for future services - structure of the application in Rome for local flexibility. Experience from research project and future developments - description of additional use cases and their relation to the SOGNO platform. - future expansion of the solution with the inclusion of new use cases

Speakers

Ercole De Luca

Head of Regulatory & Subsidized Finance, Areti SpA

Married with three children, is an Electrical Engineering with a post-graduate specialization in Regulation and Finance of Public Services. Started his career in the telecommunications, then moved in the water sector as Energy Manager and during the last ten years has been managing... Read More →

Antonello Monti

Prof., RWTH Aachen University

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:45 - 12:30 CEST
Ballroom Salon B

Grid Operations

11:45 CEST

Distribution System Analysis Using Power Grid Model - Peter Salemink, Alliander

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:45 - 12:30 CEST

Studio 2-3

Power Grid Model is an open-source distribution grid calculation library that is part of the Linux Foundation Energy. During this presentation I'd like to give a short introduction of Power Grid Model and then zoom in to specific use-cases of how Power Grid Model is used within Alliander, a Dutch Distribution System Operator.

Speakers

Peter Salemink

Team lead & senior scientific software engineer, Alliander

Peter Salemink has a masters degree in Electrical Engineering and is passionate about programming and numerical computing. As a senior Scientific Software Engineer and Product Owner he is responsible for the day-to-day development of Power Grid Model.

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:45 - 12:30 CEST
Studio 2-3

Grid Simulation and Modeling

11:45 CEST

Unlocking the Potential of Open Source: Transforming an Internal Project Into an Open Source Project - Nico Rikken, Alliander & Jonas van den Bogaard, Alliander N.V.

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:45 - 12:30 CEST

Ballroom Salon A

Ever wondered how to take internal code and transform it into an open source project? The Open Source Program Office (OSPO) at Alliander has guided the launch of several open source projects within the energy sector. Our journey has led us to develop a structured and streamlined process for open sourcing internal code, complete with an intake form and automated checks to ensure efficiency. We're eager to share our valuable insights and proven strategies with the wider community, catering to enterprises of all sizes and sectors. Join us for an enlightening talk that will delve into our open sourcing process, the essential aspects it encompasses, and the crucial role of the OSPO in facilitating the process. Key topics include: * Securing internal and external commitment * Securing financing and resources * Crafting effective documentation * Establishing project governance and code quality standards * Cultivating and nurturing a thriving community * Putting the process into practice with real-world examples Don't miss this opportunity to unlock the full potential of open source and learn to move your internal projects to open source!

Speakers

Jonas van den Bogaard

Digital Strategy Lead & Open Source Office Lead, Alliander N.V.

Nico Rikken

Open Source Advocate, Alliander

Nico Rikken has a track record in maximizing the potential of Free and Open Source Software in the energy sector and in the Netherlands. As Open Source Ambassador at grid operator Alliander he helps make open source project participation successful and ensure control over the company... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 11:45 - 12:30 CEST
Ballroom Salon A

Open Source Best Practices

12:30 CEST

Lunch

Thursday September 5, 2024 12:30 - 13:30 CEST

Foyer

Thursday September 5, 2024 12:30 - 13:30 CEST
Foyer

Breaks

13:30 CEST

Ju:Niz Energy Storage a Case Study - zoe Steinkamp, InfluxData

Thursday September 5, 2024 13:30 - 14:00 CEST

Ballroom Salon B

ju:niz Energy specializes in large-scale energy storage systems that facilitate grid services and enhance trade flexibility within the energy market. Leveraging advanced technology, ju:niz Energy develops intelligent energy management systems to optimize battery storage operations. With a tech stack featuring Telegraf, Modbus, MQTT, Grafana, Docker, AWS, and InfluxDB, they get huge amounts of data on battery health, climate conditions, and more. Learn how ju:niz Energy utilizes InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated, a purpose-built time series database, to efficiently collect sensor data from their batteries, enabling advanced energy consumption analytics. We will look into ju:niz’s industrial IoT monitoring approach, discusses sustainability enhancement strategies across Germany, and emphasizes the significance of leveraging time-stamped data for predictive maintenance in a real life use case.

Speakers

Zoe Steinkamp

Senior Developer Advocate, InfluxData

I'm Zoe Steinkamp, a Developer Advocate for InfluxData with a background in front-end software engineering. I'm passionate about making developers' lives easier and helping them engage with InfluxData's database platform, open-source tools, and time-series data solutions. I also have... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 13:30 - 14:00 CEST
Ballroom Salon B

Grid Operations

13:30 CEST

Vision for Power Systems Planning, the GridCal Example - Santiago Peñate Vera, Redeia

Thursday September 5, 2024 13:30 - 14:15 CEST

Studio 2-3

We are in the midst of a major transition from fossil fuels to cleaner sources of energy. To make this transition possible, we need to perform a staggering number of calculations, but the methods and tools that are commonly used are sorely lacking. The interoperability of tools has become the bottleneck in energy infrastructure decision-making. The stakes are too high to continue with business as usual. At Redeia, we have adopted and developed open source calculation software to create more streamlined calculation processes and drastically reduce the time it takes to adopt new innovations. This talk will cover the journey from the creation of the GridCal open source project from scratch to its use as the main driver for modernizing the power system calculations and software ecosystem at a leading transmission system operator, helping to reduce the risks associated with the energy transition. The talk will discuss the economics of open source development in energy as well as the KPIs and management techniques that make it possible.

Speakers

Santiago Peñate Vera

Project Manager, Advanced Grid Insights, Redeia

Santiago is Industrial/Electrical engineer with an MBA. Has worked in power systems R&D and consultancy since 2011 and is the creator of the popular open-source software GridCal. Since 2019 works for the Spanish Transmission system operator in planning and software research, currently... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 13:30 - 14:15 CEST
Studio 2-3

Grid Simulation and Modeling

13:30 CEST

Strengthening Open Source Resilience: Managing Dependencies for Security - Marius Shekow, SprintEins GmbH

Thursday September 5, 2024 13:30 - 14:15 CEST

Ballroom Salon A

Software solutions for the energy sector need to align with highest security standards. Most of the open-source projects often rely on various other open-source libraries. And as code and libraries grow, so do potential vulnerabilities, which can shake trust in open-source solutions. In addition, there might be no clear process how and how quick these vulnerabilities will be fixed. We'll discuss the importance of quickly finding and fixing these issues. We'll share how Renovate helps us keep software dependencies updated, reducing technical debt and security risks. We will show how our approach, used with OpenSCD, can be adopted by other LF Energy projects, making open-source solutions in the energy sector more secure and reliable. Our presentation will include a presentation and a live demo of a real repository and its management.

Speakers

Marius Shekow

Domain Lead for Cloud Engineering, SprintEins GmbH

Marius Shekow is a DevOps and cloud engineer at SprintEins in Bonn, Germany. At SprintEins he strengthens the company's skills in cloud-related software engineering practices, such as Continuous Integration, Delivery & Deployment (CI/CD), testing, or Infrastructure as Code.

Thursday September 5, 2024 13:30 - 14:15 CEST
Ballroom Salon A

Open Source Best Practices

13:30 CEST

Workshop: How to Train a Generative AI Model to Create Synthetic Smart Meter Data - Gus Chadney, Centre for Net Zero & Sheng Chai, Octopus Energy

Thursday September 5, 2024 13:30 - 15:00 CEST

Studio 4

Centre for Net Zero (CNZ) proposes a hands-on lab-session covering both how to train a generative model to create synthetic smart meter data, and how to evaluate its quality. The contents of the lab will be based on: Faraday, a generative model that we have built and deployed, OpenSynth, an open-source repository of generative models and synthetic smart meter data, and a technical paper on the “Definition of Good” synthetic demand data, co-authored by CNZ and researchers from MIT, Oxford University and Georgia Tech. The aim of the lab is to spread knowledge on how to generate and evaluate synthetic smart meter data to accelerate its adoption across the energy sector, and to promote the OpenSynth project with LF Energy, encouraging more people to join the community. The dataset used will be based on the publicly available Low Carbon London dataset. The algorithms/evaluation could be based on OpenSynth work, or suggested templates/examples that CNZ will prepare. The evaluation of synthetic data will be centred around the core themes of fidelity, utility and privacy. Our target audience for the session is engineers and data scientists with knowledge of training neural networks.

Speakers

Gus Chadney

Data Lead, Centre for Net Zero

Sheng Chai

Senior Data Scientist, Octopus Energy

Thursday September 5, 2024 13:30 - 15:00 CEST
Studio 4

Data Standards and Tooling, Workshop

13:30 CEST

Power System Simulations in Python with PyPowSyBl - Hands-on Tutorial - Alexandre Marié, Artelys

Thursday September 5, 2024 13:30 - 15:00 CEST

Demo Station 1 | Studio 1

This tutorial is a short introduction to the pyPowSyBl library. Using a Python notebook that participants can access from their laptop, they will discover how to use the pyPowSyBl library to run power flow calculations, carry out a security analysis or evaluate the impact of small network variations on the state variables of some equipments using a sensitivity analysis. At the end of this tutorial, participants will have a vision of the incredible capabilities offered by the PowSyBl open source library for analysing and simulating a power grid.

Speakers

Alexandre Marié

Senior consultant in Power System optimization, Artelys

Alexandre Marié has 15 years of experience in the energy sector, from consulting to software delivery. At Artelys, he has applied the most advanced methods in OR to the energy system, whether on problems of production planning, system sizing, market coupling or network pricing. Since... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 13:30 - 15:00 CEST
Demo Station 1 | Studio 1

Project Demos

14:00 CEST

Leveraging Underutilized DER Edge Compute to Improve Market Efficiencies - John Gorman, SolarNetwork Foundation & Joel Santisteban, Ecosuite

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:00 - 14:30 CEST

Ballroom Salon B

SolarNetwork, a open-source platform for DER data management and application building commenced in 2009, continues to offer rich APIs, hosted server resources and source code to allow renewable energy application creators to develop amazing applications. Their latest advancement comes with a $750k (USD) Department of Energy grant to develop machine learning capability that can be deployed and managed at the grid edge, using an open reference design for an edge compute node. Collaborating with Stony Brook University and Ecogy Energy in New York, SolarNetwork Foundation contributes to an open edge compute framework to deploy trained models at the grid edge, with the goal of optimizing preventative maintenance schedules for commercial and industrial (C&I) DERs. As DER orchestration proves to be one of the most practical and cost effective solutions for tackling the effects of climate change, the management of DERs will need to scale appropriately. SolarQuant aims to leverage edge compute capabilities by dovetailing recent advances in machine learning (ML) and to assist asset managers with increased visibility of their rapidly growing and evolving heterogeneous fleets.

Speakers

John Gorman

Founder and Solar Strategist, SolarNetwork Foundation

John is Product Lead for Ecosuite and Founder and Protector of the SolarNetwork Foundation, supporter of the SolarNetwork® Platform, a key building block for Ecosuite’s energy management platform. The SolarNetwork Platform is an enterprise-class open source software platform focused... Read More →

Joel Santisteban

Co-founder, CEO, Ecosuite

As the CEO of Ecosuite, Joel provides strategic leadership to ensure company success and profitability. Joel has over a decade of experience in distributed energy and finance. Combining his expertise in energy markets, finance, and software development, Joel envisions the future of... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:00 - 14:30 CEST
Ballroom Salon B

Grid Operations

14:15 CEST

Automated Checks Before Publishing Open Source - Nico Rikken & Thijs Meeuwisse, Alliander

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:15 - 15:00 CEST

Ballroom Salon A

When you publish an internal project as open source you want to make sure the project gives off a good impression. The code should be understandable and of acceptable quality and shouldn’t include passwords or confidential information. The project information should be clear and inviting to new contributors. Repeatedly reviewing the project to provide the team with feedback on these topics can be time-consuming for an OSPO. Automation can help speed up the process and reduce time. In this demo the Alliander OSPO team will show their internal OSPO automation that is used to provide teams with feedback on their project before publication. Currently it checks for secrets, copyright and license annotations, project dependencies and non-inclusive language. There are already some ideas for adding more tools for additional checks. The demo will also cover how to get started and what other tools might be considered. So come see this demo if you want to start using automation to check a project before publication or want to keep tabs on an existing open source project.

Speakers

Thijs Meeuwisse

Technical trainee, Alliander

Thijs works as a technical trainee at Alliander, a Dutch DSO. From his position at the Open Source Programme Office (OSPO), he aims to raise awareness of the possibilities of open source software within the organisation and beyond.

Nico Rikken

Open Source Advocate, Alliander

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:15 - 15:00 CEST
Ballroom Salon A

Open Source Best Practices

14:20 CEST

SEAPATH “Certified”: Hardware for Virtualized Infrastructure for Energy Domain Solutions

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:20 - 14:30 CEST

Studio 2-3

This lightning talk will explore the certification process designed to validate that industrial hardware dedicated to hosting Virtualized Infrastructure for Energy Domain (VIED) solutions is compatible with LF Energy SEAPATH.

This certification is designed to ensure that hardware hosting virtualized solutions for control, automation, and protection of the electrical grid can seamlessly operate within a digital substation framework. By setting rigorous standards and conducting thorough testing, we aim to bridge the gap between hardware and software ecosystems, fostering a cohesive and reliable architecture for digital substations.

Speakers

Eloi Bail

Director of operations, Savoir-faire Linux

Eloi holds a degree in software engineering from ENSSAT in Lannion (France) with an exchange year and internship at Tampere University of Technology (Finland). Eloi began his career in Paris where he worked for 3 years at NDS (then Cisco), world leader in software solutions for video... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:20 - 14:30 CEST
Studio 2-3

Digital Substations, Lightning Talk

14:30 CEST

Future-Proof Protocol for Energy Flexibility - Sebastiaan la Fleur, la Fleur Software Engineering (LFSE)

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:30 - 14:40 CEST

Ballroom Salon B

Energy flexibility is considered an important piece of the puzzle to enable the energy transition. However, now that we are introducing new infrastructure and protocols to utilize energy flexibility, we must make sure that it is future-proof for changes in the type of assets, energy flexibility and optimization targets to mitigate unnecessary updates after the infrastructure is deployed. During this talk we shall present the opensource S2 protocol which expresses energy flexibility using abstract device types and their goals so current and expected future assets can be expressed and there is a clear separation between communicating the energy flexibility and the optimization goal(s). We shall also briefly compare S2 to other known similar protocols and standards. The goal of the S2 protocol is to remain an opensource standard; available for anyone to integrate. As such, it is standardized as EN 50491-12-2.

Speakers

Sebastiaan la Fleur

ir., la Fleur Software Engineering (LFSE)

After working at a number of respected organizations including Dutch research institute TNO and railyway operator NS, Sebastiaan made the choice to start as a freelance software engineer with the goal of supporting the energy transition through various (opensource) initiatives. He... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:30 - 14:40 CEST
Ballroom Salon B

Grid Operations, Lightning Talk

14:30 CEST

PowSyBl AC Optimal Power Flows - Nicolas Omont, Artelys

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:30 - 14:40 CEST

Studio 2-3

PowSyBl includes a framework to design AC Optimal Power Flows. It was used to develop Open Reac, dedicated to the voltage plan initialization needed when forecasting future grid states that are very different from historical ones, and a divergence analyzer, used to identify issues in data that prevent load flow convergence. Contrary to the other OPFs of PowSyBl (Open RAO and Metrix), these OPFs natively handle the non-linear equations of static power grid models, making them particularly suited to manage voltage constraints. The use of a tabular format makes it easy to prototype new OPFs. The roadmap involves the development of fully open-source OPFs based on Julia JuMP.

Speakers

Nicolas Omont

Vice-President of Operations, Artelys

Nicolas Omont has more than 15 years of experience in Power Systems computation as an expert and a project manager. At Artelys and at RTE R&D department, he managed R&D projects to develop Power Systems tools for CIM CGMES data management, security analysis, remedial action optimization... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:30 - 14:40 CEST
Studio 2-3

Grid Simulation and Modeling, Lightning Talk

14:40 CEST

Knowledge Transfer Between Past to Current Projects - from Interflex to FlexMeasures - Nicolas Höning, Seita Energy Flexibility

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:40 - 14:50 CEST

Ballroom Salon B

Often, innovation from projects dies when the project ends. Knowledge transfer between past projects to current living projects and libraries (e.g. by code donation) is an important activity. Next to parties coming together per project, this is where huge potentials of the often-cited win-win effects of open source and innovation lie hidden. We will present the ongoing activity of donating the ReFlex algorithms developed by TNO in the Interflex H2020 project (http://reflexenergy.nl/) to the LF Energy project FlexMeasures (https://flexmeasures.io). FlexMeasures provides a software architecture to model different behind-the-meter energy flexibility setups, and also includes algorithms for storage scheduling. Other schedules can be added by design. The ReFlex algorithms have been designed for aggregation scenarios where computation speed is crucial, and also use the new S2 standard for flexibility. TNO and Seita are working together to extend FlexMeasures range of schedulers with ReFlex algorithms. We will lay out the potential gains, the new architecture, but also the problems we have to overcome, e.g. to align architectures, and align incentives for maintenance.

Speakers

Nicolas Höning

CEO, Seita Energy Flexibility

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:40 - 14:50 CEST
Ballroom Salon B

Grid Operations, Lightning Talk

14:40 CEST

Open Source for Power Grids: The Business Model of a Service Provider - Nicolas Omont, Artelys

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:40 - 14:50 CEST

Studio 2-3

Generally speaking, open-source adoption requires the development of an ecosystem of IT service providers to develop, customize, support, and maintain the corresponding software. Power grid operators are not an exception to this rule. They have additional specificities like the requirement to coordinate closely so that they exchange a massive amount of complex information and run coordinated operational processes. Through the experience of Artelys as a service provider using extensively PowSyBl, a path to a sustainable ecosystem will be sketched out.

Speakers

Nicolas Omont

Vice-President of Operations, Artelys

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:40 - 14:50 CEST
Studio 2-3

Grid Simulation and Modeling, Lightning Talk

14:50 CEST

Challenges and Opportunities Working with Battery Data - Gabe Hege, AmpLabs

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:50 - 15:00 CEST

Ballroom Salon B

A brief introduction to batteries and how tackling challenges working with battery data can accelerate the industry transition to renewables

Speakers

Gabe Hege

Founder, AmpLabs

Gabe is the founder of AmpLabs, a battery data company which is a founding member of the Battery Data Alliance LF Energy Project. Gabe is also a co-founder and Board Member of the Volta Foundation, a trade association for the battery industry. Gabe holds Bachelor and Master degrees... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:50 - 15:00 CEST
Ballroom Salon B

Data Standards and Tooling, Lightning Talk

14:50 CEST

FAME - an Open Framework for Agent-Based Modelling of Energy Systems - Christoph Schimeczek, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:50 - 15:00 CEST

Studio 2-3

FAME is an open-source Framework for Agent-based Models of Energy systems (see https://landscape.lfenergy.org/?selected=fame). Its purpose is supporting the rapid development and fast execution of complex agent-based energy system simulations. FAME has several well-tested components developed in either Python (https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.04958) or Java (https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.05087) to aid model developers and model users setting up agent-based models. This lightning talk will give a brief introduction to the ideas of FAME, its components and applications.

Speakers

Christoph Schimeczek

Project Leader, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.

Christoph Schimeczek completed his doctorate in physics in 2014. Since then, he has been working as scientist on agent-based modelling at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). He is responsible for the development of the agent-based modelling framework FAME and the electricity market... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 14:50 - 15:00 CEST
Studio 2-3

Grid Simulation and Modeling, Lightning Talk

15:00 CEST

Coffee Break

Thursday September 5, 2024 15:00 - 15:30 CEST

Foyer

Thursday September 5, 2024 15:00 - 15:30 CEST
Foyer

Breaks

15:30 CEST

Custom Grid Functions for Active Customers Using OSED - Juan Carlos Oviedo Cepeda, Hydro-Québec & Rodrigues Kwate Kwate, Hydro Quebec

Thursday September 5, 2024 15:30 - 16:15 CEST

Ballroom Salon B

I'll present the OSED platform: OSED is a platform that offers a highly modular EDGE DERMS. OSED allows the deployment of custom grid functions that fulfill local grid needs. The grid functions tackle well known grid problems as the power peaks produced either in normal conditions or after electricity cuts (using direct load control or demand response incentives). Moreover, OSED supports advanced grid functions like the coordination of controllable loads (like EV recharge) or even local flexibility markets (implemented using blockchain technologies). OSED deploys EDGE DERMS Coordinators who expose APIs to upper control systems, like aggregators, virtual power plants, or even utility DERMS. OSED deploys as well the building actuators and building intelligence systems that control the loads on the buildings. OSED leverages open-source projects, such as Home Assistant and EdgeX, Docker, and Kubernetes, allowing it to be cloud and hardware-agnostic. Therefore, OSED offers a fully integrated solution (from the grid until the control of the devices in buildings) to develop and test simple and advanced grid functions that can solve the real problems that utilities face nowadays.

Speakers

Juan Carlos Oviedo Cepeda

Researcher, Hydro-Québec

Juan's life mission is to empower customers to offer paid flexibility to alleviate grid needs. His research combines cutting-edge machine learning techniques for understanding user preferences with optimization methods to unveil grid requirements. Through his contributions to smart... Read More →

RODRIGUES KWATE KWATE

Dr, Hydro Quebec

Dr. Kwate Kwate Rodrigues is a Solution Architect at Hydro-Québec, a major player in the North American energy sector. Rodrigues is deeply passionate about the energy transition, open source, and digital transformation. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Université Mohammed... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 15:30 - 16:15 CEST
Ballroom Salon B

Grid Operations

15:30 CEST

The Future of Energy with Open Renewable Energy Systems (ORES) - Chris Xie, Futurewei & Karl Xiaofeng Yang, DEGCent

Thursday September 5, 2024 15:30 - 16:15 CEST

Ballroom Salon A

Join us for an insightful panel discussion on LF Energy's Open Renewable Energy Systems (ORES) and its transformative impact on the energy sector. This session will bring together experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities of ORES in revolutionizing energy production and consumption. Key topics include: - The current energy demands from emerging technologies. - ORES' vision and mission for creating a standardized, resilient energy ecosystem. - The role of ORES in grid edge optimization and enhancing grid health. - Key characteristics and capabilities of ORES supporting this vision. - Governmental policy mandates on renewable energy, with a focus on Ireland. - Collaborative opportunities within the ORES Working Group. Attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of ORES, its impact on sustainable energy, and how to leverage its capabilities. The session will conclude with a Q&A, offering participants the chance to engage with experts and contribute to the future of renewable energy.

Speakers

Karl Xiaofeng Yang

CEO, DEGCent

20+ years' embedded software engineer background.

Chris Xie

Head of Open Source Strategy, Futurewei

Chris Xie, Head of Open Source Strategy at Futurewei, is a key advocate for global open source collaboration. With past roles at Fortune 500 companies and startups, he offers a unique blend of technical and strategic business expertise. Recently, Chris has focused on open source sustainability... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 15:30 - 16:15 CEST
Ballroom Salon A

Grid Operations

15:30 CEST

A Gpu-Native Approach on Tackling Grid Topology Optimization - Christian Merz, Elia Group & Nico Westerbeck, InstaDeep

Thursday September 5, 2024 15:30 - 16:15 CEST

Studio 2-3

Our goal is to find topological actions that solve congestion problems and lower the redispatch volume in the grid using a self-developed gpu-native approach and results on the real transmission grid with open-source packages (like PowSyBl, Pandapower, Jax) As topology actions are basically free, this could reduce the redispatch costs (in Germany around 3-4 billion € per year) incurred by various transmission system operators. There are three main, difficult challenges to solve: (i) the number of combinatorial possibilities, (ii) non-linearity and (iii) consistent and available data. In the first part we will present results on a scalable gpu-native load flow solver, on the topology optimization and challenges to handle real grid data with PowSyBl and pandapower. Next to it, we would also like to share first insight from the open-source research project GNN4GC – Graph Neural Network 4 Grid Control. In the second part we would like pose some questions and have an interactive sessions with people in the audience on challenges and approaches we face.

Speakers

Nico Westerbeck

Tech Lead ToOp Project, InstaDeep / Elia Group

Christian Merz

PO Topology Optimizer, Elia Group

Sub-Chapter Lead for Data Science & AI within Elia Group

Thursday September 5, 2024 15:30 - 16:15 CEST
Studio 2-3

Grid Simulation and Modeling

15:30 CEST

Workshop: OpenSTEF Workshop - Bart Pleiter & Daan van Es, Alliander

Thursday September 5, 2024 15:30 - 17:00 CEST

Studio 4

OpenSTEF is an opensource project to make short-term energy forecasts. OpenSTEF provides automated machine learning pipelines to deliver accurate and explainable forecasts of the load on the grid for the next 48 hours. Experience OpenSTEF first-hand during this workshop by running OpenSTEF on your device. Dive into the code for an interactive, hands-on learning experience. Master how to leverage OpenSTEF for accurate and efficient energy forecasting. You will also learn how to understand and evaluate the forecasts produced by OpenSTEF. Participants of the workshop are expected to have basic knowledge on Jupyter Notebook and Python.

Speakers

Daan van Es

Daan van Es, Alliander

Product Owner with 10 years of experience in Science and Data Science.

Bart Pleiter

Data Scientist, Alliander

Thursday September 5, 2024 15:30 - 17:00 CEST
Studio 4

Grid Simulation and Modeling, Workshop

15:30 CEST

Demonstrating the Speed and Power of SEAPATH When Running a Virtual IED - Camilo De Arriba, GE Vernova

Thursday September 5, 2024 15:30 - 17:00 CEST

Demo Station 1 | Studio 1

This demonstration will showcase the integration of GE Vernova's Virtual Intelligent Electronic Device (VIED) protection solution with the LF Energy SEAPATH hypervisor platform. The presentation will illustrate the deployment and configuration of the virtual protection system on LF Energy SEAPATH, emphasizing its seamless integration and operational efficiency. Attendees will observe the VIED's real-time response to a simulated current fault on the power line, highlighting the system's fault detection and protection triggering capabilities. Additionally, the demo will provide a detailed analysis of the latency between fault detection and protection activation, underscoring the system's rapid response time and reliability. This demonstration aims to highlight the advancements in virtual protection technologies and their critical role in enhancing the resilience and stability of modern energy systems.

Speakers

Camilo De Arriba

Advanced Applications R&D Leader, GE Vernova

Camilo de Arriba (camilo.dearriba@ge.com) received the Electrical Engineering degree from the UPV in Bilbao in 1994 and joined GE in 1996. He worked in different areas. Now he is Senior R&D Manager for Advanced Automation Applications. He has large experience as Project and Technical... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 15:30 - 17:00 CEST
Demo Station 1 | Studio 1

Project Demos

15:30 CEST

Streamline Business Coordination with OperatorFabric: A Hands-on Demo - Frédéric Didier, RTE & Clément Bouvier, Rte

Thursday September 5, 2024 15:30 - 17:00 CEST

Demo Station 2 | Studio 1

This project demo will guide you through getting started with OperatorFabric software and implementing real-time business coordination use cases. You'll see how to leverage OperatorFabric's capabilities to quickly begin experimenting with solutions for your specific needs. The demo will showcase examples based on real-world use cases, demonstrating the platform's practical applications.

Speakers

Clément Bouvier

Software engineer, Rte

After graduating with a master's degree in AI, I joined RTE to work on OperatorFabric. I have been at this position for a year and a half.

Frédéric Didier

Tech lead, RTE

With over 20 years of experience in the IT field at RTE, I currently lead the technical direction for Operator Fabric(opfab.github.io), an open-source software platform. Operator Fabric centralizes events and orchestrates real-time interactions between stakeholders within the utility... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 15:30 - 17:00 CEST
Demo Station 2 | Studio 1

Project Demos

16:15 CEST

Physical and Digital Worlds Come Together in GXF (Grid EXchange Fabric) - Maarten Mulder, Alliander

Thursday September 5, 2024 16:15 - 17:00 CEST

Ballroom Salon B

With GXF, we securely and reliably communicate with various types of field devices, providing functions and data to support the energy transition.

Speakers

Maarten Mulder

Product Owner @ Alliander, Alliander

With nearly two decades of experience in the energy sector, I am currently serving as the product owner at Alliander, overseeing the Business Critical and Corporate platforms. At the heart of our operations lies the Business Critical platform, which is powered by our Open Source LF... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 16:15 - 17:00 CEST
Ballroom Salon B

Grid Operations

16:15 CEST

European Merging Function Made Open Source - Veiko Aunapuu, https://github.com/Baltic-RCC

Thursday September 5, 2024 16:15 - 17:00 CEST

Studio 2-3

Aim is to present to the community our work on the EMF upgrade in progress (estimated to be online by the time of the conference). As we are replacing our current vendor closed source tooling to in house developed EMF solution we hope to inspire others to reuse the parts or is interested even contribute. Our core is built around pyPowSybl module and our internal open source platform services like rabbitMQ, Elastic, Minio and others.

Speakers

Veiko Aunapuu

Chairman of the Management Board, https://github.com/Baltic-RCC

I see best to share there my linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veiko-aunapuu-805258134/

Thursday September 5, 2024 16:15 - 17:00 CEST
Studio 2-3

Grid Simulation and Modeling

16:15 CEST

Quartz Solar OS: Building an Open Source AI Solar Forecast for Everyone - Kasia Krasucka & Rosheen Naeem, Open Climate Fix

Thursday September 5, 2024 16:15 - 17:00 CEST

Ballroom Salon A

Unlike fossil fuels, renewable energy is unpredictable in terms of power generation from one hour to the next. In order to maximise the utility of solar energy in the home and industry, being able to predict the generation coming in the next hour or day will allow smart homes to choose when to charge an EV, run a home appliance or cycle a heat pump. OCF’s first focus is on solar short-term forecasting. Our most advanced AI model takes in real-time PV data, numeric weather predictions, satellite images, as well as regional grid data, and outputs probabilistic solar electricity nowcasts for solar production in the UK. The talk OCF proposes will present the ML techniques used to develop Quartz Solar OS. It currently has a single-model architecture implemented and trained. The talk will further delve into the enhancements Rosheen Naeem is working on as part of her Google Summer of Code project, which focuses on adding more model architectures. The models would be trained on publicly available weather data and a PV generation dataset that is already made publicly available. The talk will also cover the possible use cases and climate impact such a forecast could have.

Speakers

Kasia Krasucka

Kasia Krasucka - Head of Projects and Operations, Rosheen Naeem - Software Engineer, Open Climate Fix

Kasia Krasucka is Head of Projects and Operations at Open Climate Fix. Before joining Open Cimate Fix she worked on delivering complex projects testing innovative solutions in the Global South, including projects focussed on accelerating the roll out of solar energy. Rosheen Naeem... Read More →

Rosheen Naeem

Software Engineer and OCF Community Member, Open Climate Fix

Rosheen Naeem is an Open Climate Fix Community Member and a Master’s student in Software Engineering for the Green Deal (SE4GD) at Vrije University Amsterdam, focusing on the impact of software on environmental sustainability. She is currently working on her MA thesis which focuses... Read More →

Thursday September 5, 2024 16:15 - 17:00 CEST
Ballroom Salon A

Grid Simulation and Modeling

08:00 CEST

Registration

Friday September 6, 2024 08:00 - 17:00 CEST

Foyer

Friday September 6, 2024 08:00 - 17:00 CEST
Foyer

Registration

09:00 CEST

Keynote: Building an Open Source Business - the LF Energy SEAPATH Example - Christophe Villemer, Savoir-faire Linux

Friday September 6, 2024 09:00 - 09:45 CEST

Ballroom Salon

For open source technologies to be widely adopted, it's necessary to build a commercial support ecosystem around them in order to instill stakeholders with confidence. This includes maintaining a dynamic and diverse community of users and contributors, and an open but rigorous governance framework for the core of the open source project. This session will explore the best practices and challenges involved in commercializing an open source project, using the example of LF Energy's SEAPATH project, for which Savoir-faire Linux was the first company to launch a commercial support offering. SEAPATH is a crucial initiative for digital substations, but to ensure its adoption and success, it is imperative to build a reliable hardware and software ecosystem that inspires confidence among energy market players. This includes defining rigorous standards and thorough testing to bridge the gap between hardware and software ecosystems, while promoting a consistent and reliable architecture. It will explore the spectrum of different business models for players in the DSAS sector, and show how Savoir-faire Linux has commercialized SEAPATH to illustrate how others can also build businesses around open source.

Speakers

Christophe VILLEMER

Executive Vice President, Savoir-faire Linux

Christophe Villemer is an engineer and entrepreneur passionate about creating value through collaboration. He has been involved in OSS communities for 20 years. At Savoir-faire Linux, Christophe develops strategic partnerships and contributes to the growth of activities. He leads... Read More →

Friday September 6, 2024 09:00 - 09:45 CEST
Ballroom Salon

Keynote Sessions, Digital Substations

09:45 CEST

Keynote: The Role of Data Sharing and Infrastructure in Energy Data Infrastructure of Emerging Markets - Anders Pedersen, World Bank / Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP); Fang Fang, NEO BV; Neelima Janardhanan, Open Data Services Co-opera

Friday September 6, 2024 09:45 - 10:30 CEST

Ballroom Salon

LMICs are preparing to rapidly shift their energy systems from legacy grids infrastructure to new SCADA, smart grids, and digital substations. To successfully deliver this shift towards open energy infrastructure utilities require digital capacity building, integrated data infrastructure planning, and procurement of interoperable systems. The panel will share examples open principles and discuss lessons learned in integrating open infrastructure in emerging markets. Panelists: - Neelima Janardhanan [confirmed], Director, Open Data Services Co-operative: “Responsible Data Sharing Framework for Mini-Grids." - Dan Travers [TBC], CEO, Open Climate Fix: “How data sharing and interoperability can enabling renewable energy forecasting for utilities.” - Fang Fang, Project Manager, NEO [TBC]: "Using open models and data to detect transmission infrastructure" - Octavian Ciobirca, Policy Director, Moldelectrica [TBC]: “Managing data infrastructure investments.” - Anders Pedersen, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank: “The role of multilateral financing in strengthening open energy data infrastructure.”

Speakers

Fang Fang

Geospatial innovation empowering the global energy transition, NEO BV

Fang has over 8 years working experience in the geospatial field, focus on geodata based solutions and applications development for different domains. She has worked closely with teams from the World Bank Group on energy assignments, particularly focusing on rooftop solar energy and... Read More →

Neelima Janardhanan

Director, Open Data Services Co-operative

A member of a worker owned co-operative, Neelima works in data standard development across public procurement, sustainable infrastructure and grant-making domains, supporting government agencies and the third sector. She aims to build sustainable and robust data ecosystems.

Anders Pedersen

Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank / Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)

To follow.

Dan Travers

Scaling AI for energy, Open Climate Fix

Dan Travers brings 20 years of experience in the electricity and technology industries. Originally working in the deregulated electricity markets in Australia and later in the UK, he has a deep understanding of how AI impacts energy generators, suppliers and traders and the value... Read More →

Friday September 6, 2024 09:45 - 10:30 CEST
Ballroom Salon

Keynote Sessions, Data Standards and Tooling

10:30 CEST

Coffee Break

Friday September 6, 2024 10:30 - 11:00 CEST

Foyer

Friday September 6, 2024 10:30 - 11:00 CEST
Foyer

Breaks

11:00 CEST

Why Open Standards Are Important for the Energy Sector, and How to Progress Them - Alex Thornton, LF Energy; Minh Dupuis, GE Vernova; Savannah Goodman, Google; Nico Rikken, Alliander

Friday September 6, 2024 11:00 - 11:45 CEST

Ballroom Salon A

Energy industry stakeholders understand that one of the biggest challenges of the energy transition is interoperability. The only way to ensure interoperability is to adopt consistent standards at all levels of the energy systems tech stack. Standards can also provide benefits such as security and an ecosystem of products. Traditionally, standards organizations would develop standards using closed methodologies that often take years to complete and even longer to adopt. Open source methods for standards development have been increasingly used in order to develop standards faster with input from a wider variety of stakeholders, which also speeds adoption. This session will gather experts to discuss the importance of open standards and the process for developing them. Specific examples will be shared of how open standards are being used to drive the energy transition forward more quickly than traditional methodologies.

Speakers

Minh Dupuis

Global Product Leader - Market Management Solutions, GE Vernova

Global Product Lead | Shaping today the innovative solutions for tomorrow to meet the challenges of the energy transition | T&D power grids, electricity markets, grid analytics | ISEP Engineer ESCP MSY

Savannah Goodman

Data and Software Climate Solutions Lead, Google

Nico Rikken

Open Source Advocate, Alliander

Alex Thornton

Executive Director, LF Energy

Friday September 6, 2024 11:00 - 11:45 CEST
Ballroom Salon A

Data Standards and Tooling

11:00 CEST

An Intelligent Edge for Energy Automation: FledgePOWER in RTE Substations, JEA’s IIOT & 61850 - Tom Arthur, Dianomic

Friday September 6, 2024 11:00 - 11:45 CEST

Ballroom Salon B

The session will begin with an overview of intelligent data pipeline features and why they are required for: -Brownfield/greenfield migration and integration. Including how to utilize IEC61850 SCL files for data acquisition, transformation and integration. -IIoT/remote assets, non-SCADA data, high-fidelity sensors and non-time series data -Enterprise data management and security -Next generation applications that detect, predict and prescribe This will be followed by an overview of the FledgePower architecture. The LF Energy community can quickly and easily develop, contribute, deploy, secure and manage custom intelligent data pipelines, edge applications and data science solutions. The session will conclude with an overview of FledgePOWER use cases: -RTE’s development and adoption of FledgePOWER for their next generation substation data management and control spanning over 2000 substations. -Jacksonville Energy Authority’s development and adoption of FledgePOWER for IIoT infrastructure integrating to PI historians and AWS cloud. -AVEVA and Dianomic supply commercial support for RTE’s and JEA’s developers and operators.

Speakers

Tom Arthur

CEO, Dianomic

I'm a lifelong entrepreneur and Co-founder/CEO of Dianomic Systems. Dianomic is my 6th technology startup adventure. I’m grateful for getting to learn from and lead some great companies including: the first commercial TCP/IP supplier, Novell, ActivCard strong authentication, Arbor... Read More →

Friday September 6, 2024 11:00 - 11:45 CEST
Ballroom Salon B

Digital Substations

11:00 CEST

Introducing NBility: An Open Source Capability Model for Grid Operators - Ton van der Knaap, Stedin

Friday September 6, 2024 11:00 - 11:45 CEST

Studio 2-3

NBility is a comprehensive capability model designed specifically for grid operators. Its purpose is to streamline collaboration within the utility sector, including interactions between grid operators and their suppliers or advisors. The model comprises three main components: a capability model, an associated business object model, and a value stream model, all of which work together to enhance operational efficiency and communication. The NBility model is recently made open source, under the CC-BY-4.0, allowing for widespread use and adaptation. The maintenance and development of the NBility model are overseen by the Dutch Distribution System Operators. Additionally, the formation of a User Group is underway, which aims to foster a community where NBility users can share insights, experiences, and propose enhancements to the model. In this session we would like to present an overview of the NBility model, would like to share the steps we have taken to make NBility open source, and announce the plan to make NBility model available as one of the reference architecture models in the LF Energy Architecture.

Speakers

Ton van der Knaap

Enterprise architect, Stedin

Ton van der Knaap is working as an enterprise architect within distribution grid operator Stedin. As an enterprise architect he is involved in managing the future design of Stedin. He worked within telecom operator KPN before and started his career with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in several... Read More →

Friday September 6, 2024 11:00 - 11:45 CEST
Studio 2-3

Grid Simulation and Modeling

11:00 CEST

Workshop: Using PyPowSyBl to Assess Transfer Capacitiy of New Electricity Interconnections - Fabrice GUY, RTE

Friday September 6, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 CEST

Studio 4

Assessing the benefits of interconnection projects is one of the goals of ENTSO-E Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP). New electricity interconnections, by increasing power exchange capabilities between countries are key elements to make the energy transition happen in a cost effective and secure way. Being able to evaluate the increased power flows brought by a new interconnection project is then of major importance. To calculate this indicator (named ΔNTC: increase in Net Transfer Capacity), a tool chain based on pyPowSyBl (from Powsybl Linux Fundation Energy project) has been developed within an ENTSO-E working group and will be used for the next TYNDP. Based on a real HVDC interconnection project between France and Spain and publicly available data, we will illustrate the methodology used and all pyPowSyBl fonctionnalities involved through a Jupyter notebook: • Importing TYNDP2022 French and Spanish transmission grid model (in CGMES format) and merging them to build a common grid model, • Calculating yearly load flow on hourly basis, • Taking into account the impact of line tripping, • Calculating the ΔNTC brought by the interconnection project.

Speakers

Fabrice GUY

M., RTE

Friday September 6, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 CEST
Studio 4

Grid Simulation and Modeling, Workshop

11:00 CEST

An Introduction to Power Grid Model - Peter Salemink, Alliander

Friday September 6, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 CEST

Demo Station 1 | Studio 1

Power Grid Model is an open-source distribution grid calculation library that is part of the Linux Foundation Energy. During this project demo I'd like to tell the audience about Power Grid Model and it's possibilities.

Speakers

Peter Salemink

Team lead & senior scientific software engineer, Alliander

Friday September 6, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 CEST
Demo Station 1 | Studio 1

Project Demos

11:00 CEST

Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure with OpenSource - Christian Weissmann, S44 Energy & Robert de Leeuw, PIONIX GmbH

Friday September 6, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 CEST

Demo Station 2 | Studio 1

To operate electric vehicles, robust and standardized charging infrastructure is essential. In the recent years, open specifications have started to appear to standardize communication within this infrastructure. However, despite these open standards, most implementations remain proprietary, resulting in widespread inconsistencies. In this demo we would like to show how two open source projects are starting the trend towards open implementations of relevant EV charging protocols like OCPP. The open source project EVerst with its charger firmware and the charge station management system CitrineOS will show how you can adopt a charger into your network and execute charging sessions, running open source software.

Speakers

Robert de Leeuw

Technology EVangelist, PIONIX GmbH

Christian Weissmann

Backend Engineer, S44 Energy

Christian is a backend software engineer at S44, where he currently actively contributes to the open-source project CitrineOS. With over six years of experience in the electric vehicle infrastructure sector, he has had impact on nation wide charging networks and been dedicated to... Read More →

Friday September 6, 2024 11:00 - 12:30 CEST
Demo Station 2 | Studio 1

Project Demos

11:45 CEST

An Overview of the New CDSC Discovery, Registration, and Customer Data Specification Drafts - Daniel Roesler, UtilityAPI & Eloi Fàbrega Ferrer, Flexidao

Friday September 6, 2024 11:45 - 12:30 CEST

Ballroom Salon A

The working groups at Carbon Data Specification Consortium (CDSC) at LF Energy have produced drafts of new specifications that standardize how carbon data platforms and other cleantech providers can discover, register, connect, and securely access customer data from utilities and other central entities. In our presentation, Daniel Roesler (working group maintainer and CTO at UtilityAPI) and Eloi Fàbrega Ferrer (significant contributor and Data Program Manager at Flexidao) will give a tour of the new specification drafts, answer questions, and provide information on how stakeholders can submit feedback.

Speakers

Eloi Fàbrega Ferrer

Data Program Manager, Flexidao

Eloi Fàbrega Ferrer has served as the Data Program Manager at Flexidao since 2022. In his current role, he is responsible for researching and evaluating the best practices to collect energy data, mainly focused on the electricity metering data and gird emissions data required by... Read More →

Daniel Roesler

Founder & CTO, UtilityAPI

Daniel Roesler is the founder and CTO at UtilityAPI and maintainer of Customer Data working group for the Carbon Data Specification Consortium (CDSC) at LFEnergy. He is also the former Vice-Chair on the board of the Green Button Alliance. He has over a decade of experience in energy... Read More →

Friday September 6, 2024 11:45 - 12:30 CEST
Ballroom Salon A

Data Standards and Tooling

11:45 CEST

CoMPAS and Beyond: Simplifying IEC61850 - Pascal Wilbrink, OpenValue Arnhem

Friday September 6, 2024 11:45 - 12:30 CEST

Ballroom Salon B

During this presentation, I would like to walk through CoMPAS’ Ecosystem. What is it and how can we use CoMPAS to create or edit easy, robust IEC61850 Files? We will talk about how CoMPAS relates to OpenSCD (different presentation about OpenSCD), several CoMPAS Components of the Ecosystem and the future of CoMPAS. Why should Companies use CoMPAS? To get rid of a vendor lock-in, CoMPAS can be used as a shell where the source-of-truth lives for IEC61850 files. Vendors have the possibility to create Plugins in the CoMPAS Ecosystem for a smooth connectivity between CoMPAS components. The presentation will have a short demo where functionality of different Components will be showcased. We (Alliander) would also like to have a Demo Booth, would this be possible? More information can be provided later.

Speakers

Pascal Wilbrink

Fullstack Developer, OpenValue Arnhem

Pascal Wilbrink is a Fullstack Developer for almost a decade. Close to two years ago, he started to work on LFEnergy's CoMPAS and OpenSCD projects. Currently, he is one of the maintainers of OpenSCD and chairperson of the TSC of CoMPAS.

Friday September 6, 2024 11:45 - 12:30 CEST
Ballroom Salon B

Digital Substations

11:45 CEST

Machine Learning for Short-Term Demand Forecasting on the Quebec Power Grid. - Arnaud Zinflou, Hydro-Quebec & Stéphane Dellacherie, Hydro-Québec

Friday September 6, 2024 11:45 - 12:30 CEST

Studio 2-3

Load forecasting is an essential activity for a company like Hydro-Québec. It can be used to assist in efficient energy generation scheduling, real-time energy dispatching, or grid infrastructure maintenance. Any significant load forecasting error can result in reliability issues, loss of opportunity, or additional costs to the business. In recent years, with the wide deployment of smart meters, applying advanced machine learning methods for power grids has become applicable. On the other hand, with the wide deployment of different kinds of electrical appliances and renewable energy generation and the changes induced by the energy transition, more and more challenges have also been introduced in power grids. This presentation will show how Hydro-Quebec leverage machine learning approaches and open AI framework to tackle these challenges and fully automated the short-term load forecasting on the grid.

Speakers

Stéphane Dellacherie

Dr., Hydro-Québec

Engineer at Hydro-Québec (Québec) since 2016, data science and AI applied to load forecasting Associate professor at UQAM (Québec) since 2022 Researcher at Polytechnique Montréal (Québec), applied mathematics (2015-16) Researcher at the french atomic energy commission (CEA, France... Read More →

Arnaud Zinflou

Research scientist, Hydro-Quebec

Arnaud Zinflou is currently principal research scientist at Hydro-Québec research institute and leads projects in many areas of machine learning such as computer vision, time series forecasting or representation learning. He holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree of Computer... Read More →

Friday September 6, 2024 11:45 - 12:30 CEST
Studio 2-3

Grid Simulation and Modeling

12:30 CEST

Lunch

Friday September 6, 2024 12:30 - 13:30 CEST

Foyer

Friday September 6, 2024 12:30 - 13:30 CEST
Foyer

Breaks

13:30 CEST

TROLIE - Establishing an Open Conformance Standard for the Exchange of Transmission Facility Ratings - Minh Dupuis, GE Vernova

Friday September 6, 2024 13:30 - 14:15 CEST

Ballroom Salon A

With FERC Order 881, North American Transmission Owners, Transmission Operators, Transmission Providers, and Reliability Coordinators must establish a means to exchange ratings information based on current and forecasted ambient conditions. There is no standards body with a mandate to define a technical specification for that exchange and no vendor consortium that is working toward a specification. TROLIE started as a MISO and GE Vernova collaboration and is now an LF Energy project. Most organizations involved in the operation of the transmission system in North America now need to exchange ratings and related information in an automated, frequent manner. This project helps accelerate their implementation and simplify interoperability. The project’s specific aims are: -Define an API specification for the exchange of ratings and ratings-related information to support organizations working to comply with FERC Order 881. -A conformance program to provide vendors a means to demonstrate their compatibility with the above specification and signal their commitment to maintaining compatibility. -An open commons for the development of clients of the API specification.

Speakers

Minh Dupuis

Global Product Leader - Market Management Solutions, GE Vernova

Friday September 6, 2024 13:30 - 14:15 CEST
Ballroom Salon A

Data Standards and Tooling

13:30 CEST

Introducing a New Project in LF Energy: OpenSCD - Tamás Russ, SprintEins GmbH

Friday September 6, 2024 13:30 - 14:15 CEST

Ballroom Salon B

This session will provide an overview of the current state of OpenSCD. It will demonstrate and explain the different modules that comprise the OpenSCD ecosystem, illustrating how users can easily create a new distribution with their custom plug-ins and add-ons. We will then go through some plugins and explore how they can work together, before diving deeper into the architecture and technologies used by OpenSCD. I will then provide an overview of the existing community and the various ways in which members can contribute to and engage with the project. Finally, I will share our vision for the future as a standalone project, a direct collaboration with the LF Energy CoMPAS project and our place in the bigger LF Energy ecosystem.

Speakers

Tamás Russ

Lead of Software Development, SprintEins GmbH

Tamás is a Lead of Software Development at SprintEins, a software house in south-west Germany, and works both as a frontend and backend developer. He holds trainings on TDD, clean code and various frontend frameworks. Tamás focuses on architecture, developer- experience and productivity... Read More →

Friday September 6, 2024 13:30 - 14:15 CEST
Ballroom Salon B

Digital Substations

13:30 CEST

European Remedial Action Optimizer: Maximizing Renewable Energy Exchanges - Nicolas Omont, Artelys

Friday September 6, 2024 13:30 - 14:15 CEST

Studio 2-3

The energy transition in Europe induces an increase of the cross-border power flow in order to accommodate wind and PV generation whose production level varies in time and location throughout Europe. Investments in new transmission lines is slow and expensive. As a result, it is needed to make the most of the existing grid to increase the available transfer capacities between countries. PowSyBl Open RAO has been developed for this purpose: as a Remedial Action Optimizer, it optimizes the application of advanced grid management techniques in order to push further the safety limits of the European Power Grid. As it is computationally intensive, it is distributed on a Kubernetes cluster and uses advanced computational tools like Mixed Integer Programming. The presentation will sketch out the architecture of the tool, its main feature, and will end by showing actual use cases.

Speakers

Nicolas Omont

Vice-President of Operations, Artelys

Friday September 6, 2024 13:30 - 14:15 CEST
Studio 2-3

Grid Simulation and Modeling

13:30 CEST

Open Renewable Energy Systems (ORES) Project Demo - Chris Xie, Futurewei & Karl Xiaofeng Yang, DEGCent

Friday September 6, 2024 13:30 - 15:00 CEST

Demo Station 1 | Studio 1

Experience the future of energy with a live demonstration of LF Energy's Open Renewable Energy Systems (ORES). This interactive session will showcase ORES' innovative solutions designed to transform energy production and consumption. Attendees will see firsthand how ORES' standardized energy system integration and common API capabilities create a decentralized, resilient, and sustainable energy ecosystem. The demonstration will focus on battery integration and highlight the IT design thinking in energy systems. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with the technology, ask questions, and understand the technical intricacies that make ORES a game-changer in renewable energy systems.

Speakers

Chris Xie

Head of Open Source Strategy, Futurewei

Karl Xiaofeng Yang

CEO, DEGCent

20+ years' embedded software engineer background.

Friday September 6, 2024 13:30 - 15:00 CEST
Demo Station 1 | Studio 1

Project Demos

14:15 CEST

Digital Twins for Electric Utilities- Definition, Considerations, and Use Cases - Abder Elandaloussi, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO.

Friday September 6, 2024 14:15 - 15:00 CEST

Ballroom Salon A

Digital twins have been commonly used in many industries historically and well understood. For the electric utility sector, adopting such a technology isn't as simple as importing the same software and processes as used by other industries. Careful consideration of the composition of the electric grid and the complex frameworks and IT/OT architectures that currently exist today within utilities must be made before embarking on a digital twin implementation journey. This presentation will share insights into what digital twins mean for electric utilities by providing an over-arching definition of digital twins specific for the electric utility sector, discuss considerations to the architecture and core functionalities of digital twins, and use cases. The presentation will also propose a key architecture assumption, open standards to facilitate data interoperability, to enable the scalability and longevity of digital twin functionalities and use cases. Finally the application of digital twins to improve engineering maintenance, operations, design, and planning functions will be covered to show the full potential of this technology.

Speakers

Abder Elandaloussi

Innovation Manager, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO.

Abder Elandaloussi is an innovation manager at SCE. He leads projects leveraging technologies such as digital twins, AI/ML, robotics, and microgrids to showcase their efficacy to enhance grid operations, protection, maintenance, planning, and design. He is a senior IEEE member with... Read More →

Friday September 6, 2024 14:15 - 15:00 CEST
Ballroom Salon A

Data Standards and Tooling

14:15 CEST

SEAPATH - Current Application and Perspectives - Bastien Desbos, RTE

Friday September 6, 2024 14:15 - 15:00 CEST

Ballroom Salon B

Launched in 2020, SEAPATH (Software Enabled Automation Platform and Artifacts (THerein)) has reached a significant milestone : it is now in operation in one substation ! This major event will be discussed during the first part of this presentation. We will describe the concrete applications and the challenges we have faced. The current solution will now be deployed in other substations. At the same time, SEAPATH will need to evolve to match new requirements for new applications. SEAPATH perspectives, from the utilities' point of view will be discussed in a second part.

Friday September 6, 2024 14:15 - 15:00 CEST
Ballroom Salon B

Digital Substations

14:15 CEST

Decision Support Tools for Power Systems Planning and Operations - Marta Vanin, KU Leuven / EnergyVille & Hakan Ergun, KU Leuven / Etch - EnergyVille

Friday September 6, 2024 14:15 - 15:00 CEST

Studio 2-3

The talk introduces a set of open-source software tools that we use at KU Leuven/Etch-EnergyVille to provide decision support to transmission and distribution network operators. The tools rely on linear and nonlinear power grid optimization models and cover a variety of planning and operation problems. Their modular structure makes the tools easy to use and extend, to incorporate additional modelling features, e.g., for different components, objective functions and constraints. While we first introduce the tools and their development philosophy, the focus of the talk is to share which practical problems they solve, in the light of the energy transition. Examples include: • cost-benefit assessment for HVDC assets, which are expected to play a fundamental role in the integration of the massive future offshore wind power generation from the North Sea to the European grid. • monitoring and parameter estimation for distribution systems. These are crucial to mitigate the congestion that distribution networks, are facing or expecting, e.g., due to a defective grid integration of electric vehicles. The use of our software in both research and industrial collaborations is discussed.

Speakers

Hakan Ergun

Dr., KU Leuven / Etch - EnergyVille

Hakan Ergun is an Associate Professor with KU Leuven and the Energy Transmission Competence Hub (Etch) within EnergyVille. His research interest is to optimally develop and operate future energy networks for the renewable energy transition. He is the main developer of a number of... Read More →

Marta Vanin

Postdoctoral researcher, KU Leuven / EnergyVille

Marta Vanin received her M.Sc. in Energy Engineering from the University of Trento and the Free University of Bolzano, Italy, in 2018. In 2022, she obtained a PhD in Power Systems from KU Leuven, Belgium. She is presently a postdoc at KU Leuven and EnergyVille. Her main research interests... Read More →

Friday September 6, 2024 14:15 - 15:00 CEST
Studio 2-3

Grid Simulation and Modeling

15:00 CEST

Coffee Break

Friday September 6, 2024 15:00 - 15:30 CEST

Foyer

Friday September 6, 2024 15:00 - 15:30 CEST
Foyer

Breaks

15:30 CEST

What's Clean? How Granular Data Holds the Answers to Clean Electrification and Trade - Killian Daly, EnergyTag

Friday September 6, 2024 15:30 - 16:15 CEST

Ballroom Salon A

Clean electrification will be the basis of decarbonization. Proving products are produced with clean power requires much more granular data and advanced tools than are typically used today. New tools and standards are emerging that help us ensure products like clean hydrogen, alumimum and steel can be powered with truly clean power every hour, everywhere. Scaling these new best in class approaches requires standardized, streamlined granular energy data as well as tracking certificates that are harmonized with existing tracking systems to ensure environmental legitimacy and avoid double counting. How will future collaboration look between regulators, standards bodies, suppliers, and the private sector to scale these global standards? The answer sits at the intersection of technical solutions, policy, and governance. This interdisciplinary panel will map out the dependencies required for the transition to granular reporting that drives grid decarbonization and clean trade at scale.

Speakers

Killian Daly

Executive Director, EnergyTag

Killian runs EnergyTag’s, a non-profit focused on enabling the granular electricity accounting that will transform what it means for companies and products like hydrogen to be 100% clean. EnergyTag regularly advises governments on why and how their carbon accounting frameworks should... Read More →

Friday September 6, 2024 15:30 - 16:15 CEST
Ballroom Salon A

Data Standards and Tooling

15:30 CEST

Deploying a Virtual IED on LF Energy SEAPATH, Advices and Experience Feedback - Erwann Roussy, Savoir-faire Linux & Camilo De Arriba, GE Vernova

Friday September 6, 2024 15:30 - 16:15 CEST

Ballroom Salon B

Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) are a key element of a Digital Substation Automation System (DSAS), managing voltage regulation and performing line protection. Today, mostly due to the rise of renewable energy and the adoption of electric cars, a new generation of DSAS is needed. The shift toward virtualization was chosen for its flexibility and adaptivity. Thus, the code developed for a physical IED has to be rewritten for a virtual one. This talk will go through GE Vernova and Savoir-faire Linux experience in creating, tuning and testing a protection algorithm for a virtual IED (VIED) on LF Energy SEAPATH. Savoir-faire Linux will present the technical strengths and weaknesses of a virtualized environment and the different solutions available to push back its limitations. It will also explain the testing process developed to ensure that a VIED meets the desired criteria in terms of latency, determinism and robustness. GE Vernova will present its experience in designing the architecture of a VIED and porting the existing code from a physical to a virtual device. It will question the differences between the two in terms of power, redundancy, and algorithmic.

Speakers

Camilo De Arriba

Advanced Applications R&D Leader, GE Vernova

Erwann Roussy

Free software consultant, Savoir-faire Linux

Erwann graduated from Telecom Paris and is beginning his career with Savoir-faire linux. He is an active contributor to the SEAPATH project especially in the testing and continuous integration part. He is particularly interested in low-level development, system optimizations and open... Read More →

Friday September 6, 2024 15:30 - 16:15 CEST
Ballroom Salon B

Digital Substations

15:30 CEST

Net Congestion Forecasting - Daan van Es, Alliander

Friday September 6, 2024 15:30 - 16:15 CEST

Studio 2-3

The energy transition is causing both a rapid growth in net grid loads and fundamental changes in the patterns of power supply and distribution. This leads to congestion on the electricity grid, where some businesses have to wait longer to get their requested connection. One way to mitigate net congestion is by curtailing generation during peak situations. Requests for curtailment have to be sent out by grid operators a day ahead, and thus require accurate load forecasts. In this project demo, I will show how Alliander, a Dutch Distribution System Operator, forecasts grid congestion using openSTEF, an open source Python package for Short Term Energy Forecasting. I will share how we tuned machine learning models to predict peak situations well. If you are also dealing with grid congestion or energy forecasting, please join this talk to exchange experiences and best practices.

Speakers

Daan van Es

Daan van Es, Alliander

Product Owner with 10 years of experience in Science and Data Science.

Friday September 6, 2024 15:30 - 16:15 CEST
Studio 2-3

Grid Simulation and Modeling

16:15 CEST

Update on Arras Energy - David P Chassin, Stanford University

Friday September 6, 2024 16:15 - 17:00 CEST

Studio 2-3

Arras Energy is LF Energy's version of the US Department of Energy and the California Energy Commission's power system simulator used to study smart grid technology, renewable energy integration, climate change, and deep electrification impacts on electricity infrastructure. This workshop will discuss the latest updates to the simulation tool, review some of the recent projects in which these capabilities have been employed, and present some of the results from these studies. Attendees will learn how to use Arras Energy and integrate it in their workflows through a variety of studies, starting with a simple local load modeling problems and a tariff design studies, through intermediate resilience analyses, up to geographically complex studies on large interconnections.

Speakers

David P Chassin

Group Manager, Stanford University

I currently manage the Grid Integration Systems and Mobility group at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, operated by Stanford University for the US Department of Energy. My current research centers on buildings and electric power systems, with a special focus on modeling, simulation... Read More →

Friday September 6, 2024 16:15 - 17:00 CEST
Studio 2-3

Grid Simulation and Modeling

16:15 CEST

LF Energy Functional Architecture - Prince Singh, Alliander

Friday September 6, 2024 16:15 - 17:00 CEST

Ballroom Salon A

In this session I will present the LF Energy Functional Architecture. There will be an introduction of the Functional Architecture (Archimate) team and our way of working as well. The different capabilities and business functions of a energy distribution company will we discussed from an architetcure viewpoint. I will share our team's lastest additions related to relevant reference architectures in the energy sector.

Speakers

Prince Singh

Solution Architect, Alliander

I am a solution architect in Alliander. Alliander is a major energy distribution operator in the Netherlands and is at the forefront of the energy transition. Together with my colleagues I focus on the business architecture layer.

Friday September 6, 2024 16:15 - 17:00 CEST
Ballroom Salon A

Open Source Best Practices