Linux Foundation Energy (LF Energy) has announced three new open source software projects as follows. The carbon data specification consortium
(CDS) standard to define the raw data required to track the carbon
intensity of power systems, GridLAB-D, a next generation power system
simulator and the OCPP cloud connector, a cloud based implementation of
the open charge point protocol. Shell recently joined LF Energy as a
‘strategic member’. More from LF Energy.
Chris Frost (Fujitsu), blogging on The Open Group website opined that the standards body’s output to date address some aspect of developing and running digital businesses. However, the TOG standards are ‘largely stand-alone’. What is needed is an overview of the whole portfolio of standards. Frost proposes a straw man portfolio (sans OSDU) and invites others to join him in the TOG digital practitioners working group.
Report 653 (recommended practices for electrification of oil and gas
facilities) and Report 647 (recommended practices for flare gas
recovery systems) have just been release by the IOGP’s energy transition directorate. The reports are a free download from IOGP.
The International Sustainability Standards Board
(ISSB) of the IFRS Foundation has issued a drafts of two
sustainability-related disclosure standards, IFRS S1, ‘general
requirements for disclosure of sustainability-related financial
information’ and IFRS S2 ‘climate-related disclosures’. The documents
cover company disclosures on Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 greenhouse
gas emissions. More from IFRS.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate is investigating the use of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists SEG-Y Rev 2.0 format for seismic data. Rev 2.0 promises greater automation of seismic reporting. The evaluation contract has been awarded to Troika International is contacting NCS to evaluate the new format and its deployment. If deemed appropriate, the format will be the basis for Norwegian seismic data reporting regulations.
A position paper from Namur, the German automation standards body presents ‘next generation’ Ethernet-APL for safety systems. Ethernet-APL provides a state-of-the-art physical layer to support Industry 4.0 applications and reduce the owner operator effort. The new protocol is said to be ‘the most important revolution in process safety since the introduction of safety systems, around three decades ago’. Ethernet-APL provides up to 10 Mbit/s to the field and is tailored for the process industry. It supplies field devices with electrical power and can be used in explosion hazardous areas (Ex) Zone 1/0.
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