A global open source ecosystem for power systems
Fostering the digitalisation of energy The energy sector is meeting the global challenge of climate change by embracing decarbonisation, decentralisation, and digitalisation. Digitalisation is key to creating a grid that can foster a transition to a low-carbon energy future. 2
The need for safe, shared, scalable code No single entity can create, test, and scale the code necessary to bring this new grid to life. We propose that, like other industries, we turn to open source. Most industries today run primarily on open source code modules, with open standards and open APIs that can be leveraged, built on, tested and enhanced by a global community of software developers. Open source provides a proven framework for collaborations, innovation and transparency Open source supports business agility, while preserving IP, by standardizing, routinizing, and removing competition for shared components. Open source code is more flexible, cheaper, and safer than any alternative. Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow. Linus s Law 3
Accelerating the move Capitalizing on the itesla experience, RTE is determined to pursue and expand open source approaches for the development of our power system software Beyond PowSyBl, additional source codes will be released in the coming weeks E.g. release of the source code of Antares in June 2018 4
The start of an ecosystem RTE is contributing several significant projects to The Linux Foundation as the beginnings of an open source ecosystem for TSOs, vendors, and other energy sector stakeholders: 1. «OperatorFabric» An extensible and flexible grid operations platform that provides strategic management of information with a modular approach to applications, easy-to-add new functionality, and open APIs 2. Let s Coordinate A extension based on «OperatorFabric» that enables organizational power system coordination, visibility, communication, and workflow between actors (e.g., across national and regional boundaries) 3. PowSyBl Reusable modular components of a high-performance computing platform that enables grid modeling (e.g., CGMES) & simulation in a highly distributed energy resource environment from system expansion studies to planning and operation 5
Why The Linux Foundation? We believe the Linux Foundation represents the best possible home for this initiative. The Linux Foundation (LF) provides a neutral home for an electricity sector shared investment to address the open source, information and communication technology (ICT) components of the energy transition. The Linux Foundation is the indisputable leader in open source. LF hosts many of the most important open source projects in the world, including Linux. With hundreds of companies backing tens of thousands of active developers, LF projects harness the power of open source development to fuel innovation at unmatched speed and scale. LF is home to some of the foremost cybersecurity experts in the world. 6
Connected Connected Connected Connected Connected Connected Assets Buildings Vehicles Infrastructure Markets Homes Connecting a DER network of networks Control and management of energy for buildings Enabling EV infrastructure Optimization of the distribution system Opening new markets Making homes smart Interoperability to facilitate distributed control applications Building contr ol enables managers to shape demand and resources Digital connectivity to coordinate vehicles as load and resource Grid edge integration to enable the utility of the future to be responsive Digital infrastructur e that supports micro and bulk transactions of DER Digital foundations for net zero homes Decreases the costs and time for systems integration Increases intelligence to lower costs and support building resilience Provides critical grid resilience Allow us to scale DER safely and reliably Unleashes new markets that drive innovation Provides critical load shaping capacity
The Linux Foundation s goal is to create the greatest shared technology investment in history by enabling open source collaboration across companies, developers and users. We are the nonprofit organization of choice to build ecosystems that accelerate open source technology development and commercial adoption on a global scale. The Linux Foundation Internal Use Only 5/28/2018 10
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The Linux Foundation provides a professional, neutral, shared-services capability to its projects Contributions cover shared community investments and resources: Leadership to curate ecosystem creation Convening and coordination for: Governance Board, and Technical and Outreach committees Other committees that are created Standards and interoperability organizations LF peer projects Stakeholders of complimentary projects Cross-training ICT and energy sector professionals Policy and regulatory alignment/assistance End-user engagement, requirements gathering, and feedback loops Conformance/compliance/certification programs Technical infrastructure for the community Testing environment Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and DevOps engineering help Consultants or engineers to assist community IP Management License scanning Trademarks and management IP defense Outside legal counsel engagement Outreach Events for the project: meetups, hackfests PR / analyst engagement Social Media Web
Linux Foundation assists projects in 5 areas. Governance and Membership Development Process Infrastructure Ecosystem Development IP Management Governance, Policies, etc. Ongoing business development and membership recruitment Membership management Technical decision making Project life cycle Release processes CI/CD infrastructure using open source best practices Release engineering, DevOps Security and reliability Evangelism and marketing/outreach projects Events bringing developers, users and solution providers together Help the project training developers and administrators Code provenance Trademark management IP Policy, license scanning, IP defense 13