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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · 8d

⚡ #OpenSource meets Africa's energy future! At #OSCAFest we presented #MapYourGrid, and showed how devs & entrepreneurs can drive a transparent, collaborative #EnergyTransition.

🌍 Watch the talk + reach out with speaker requests: www.youtube.com/watch?v=apgm...
We'd love to hear from you!

OSCA2025 workshop: Powering Africa With Open Tools

YouTube video by Open Energy Transition

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · 16d

Open Energy Modelling Tool Tracker (beta) is live! 200+ open-source tools for transparent energy planning. Compare tools by popularity, activity & community. Filter by category, stars, downloads & more.

👉 openmod-tracker.org

#OpenSource #FreeTheModels #EnergyPlanning

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · 19d

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · 19d

Heading to Climate Week NYC (Sep 21–28)! Our co-founder and CEO, Maximilian Parzen, is excited to connect with you on #OpenSource , grid tools, expanding grid datasets & transforming global #EnergyPlanning.

In NYC too? Let’s meet & spark ideas! ✨ Reach out to @maxparzen.bsky.social

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · 20d

Free webinar today: ⚡ Commercial-Grade Open-Source Software for Energy Planning with 6 lightning talks (#PyPSA + #PowSyBl) + a panel debate.

900+ signed up—join us! 📷 eventbrite.com/e/1542212321...
See the program here: forum.openmod.org/t/webinar-co...

#Webinar #OpenSource #EnergyPlanning

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · 23d

We’re hiring! Help drive open-source solutions for the global #EnergyTransition. Roles open: Designer, Executive Assistant, Operations Assistant & DevOps Engineer.

Apply here 👉 job-boards.eu.greenh...

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · 27d

How interested are grid planners in #OpenSource software solutions? The number of registered participants at our upcoming webinar speaks for itself!

And the interest comes from across the #Energy ecosystem and 50+ countries.

👉 Join us:
www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-co...

#freethemodels #Innovation

Participants from the energy ecosystem who signed up for the upcoming webinar on commercial-grade open-source software for energy planning.

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · 29d

⚡ Curated Global Electricity Demand Data! Since reliable, high-res electricity demand data is often scattered across sources or behind paywalls, we’ve made a centralized, open-source collection.

👉 Got data to share? Contribute here: github.com/open-ener...

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Sep 3

Why is the energy industry turning to open-source software? Join our free webinar incl. lightning talks on #PyPSA and #PowSyBl.

🎙️ Panel debate:
🔹 How can OSS meet reliability needs?
🔹 What makes OSS competitive?
🔹 How/why to get started & collaborate?

Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e...

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Aug 28

⚡ Help map the world’s electricity grid! #MapYourGrid trains new & experienced mappers in OpenStreetMap.

Next trainings: Sept 3 & 10. Join & support the #EnergyTransition 👉 mapyourgrid.org/map-it/ (meeting links) & discord.gg/a5znpdFWfD (Discord community)

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Aug 26

FREE webinar: Commercial-Grade Open-Source Software for Energy Planning

Sept 18, 16-18:00 CEST | Online

PyPSA & PowSyBl for grid simulation. Panel + lightning talks from RTE, Artelys, ACER, Austrian Power Grid, TransnetBW

Register: www.eventbrite.com/e...

#OpenSource #EnergyModeling

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Aug 5

Be an #OpenData grid mapper for a faster, fairer #EnergyTransition. #MapYourGrid is an initiative by OET, Datactivist, Dynartio, JungleBus, Infrageomatics. Join us in mapping the world’s power grid in #OpenStreetMap for decision-making, industry, and research.
🔗 MapYourGrid.org

MapYourGrid

We empower individuals, communities and nations around the world to map the electrical grid.

MapYourGrid.org

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Aug 1

⚡ It's not just renewables — it's system integration. We asked our Head of Energy System Modeling Dr. Martha Frysztacki about emerging trends and challenges of modeling future grids. This is what she said: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#EnergyTransition #OpenSource #EnergyModeling #freethemodels

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Aug 1

#OpenSource #EnergyTransition

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Jul 25

OSS project Open-TYNDP is now in v0.2 and under active development. The new enhancements: Offshore Infrastructure Integration, PECD v3.1 Capacity Factors (offshore wind farms), Hydrogen Import Modeling & Electricity Demand Integration.

🔗 Open-source repository on GitHub: github.com/open-ener...

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Jul 22

Lightning talk on OSS tools for Europe's electricity grid planning using PyPSA-Eur! Collaborating with ENTSO-E on workflows for the Ten-Year Network Development Plan.

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🔗 github.com/open-ener...

#PyPSA #OpenSource #EnergyTransition

Open TYNDP with PyPSA

Daniel Rüdt on "Open TYNDP with PyPSA" Abstract: This talk will introduce the Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) and the Open TYNDP research and innovation project which is a collaboration between Open Energy Transition (OET) and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Elec

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Jul 15

James Glynn @drglynn.bsky.social (ESMA_Ltd) tested #OpenEnergyBenchmark — an open-source benchmark of optimization #solvers from energy planning. Mixing open & proprietary with smart filters. Join & contribute!

Thank you for insights, James.

🔗 openenergybenchmark.org

#EnergyModeling #OpenSource

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚀 Just launched: Awesome Grid Model Data. It’s a curated, open-licensed repo of electricity grid datasets to boost tool interoperability in energy modeling. Save time, test tools, and build open, cross-compatible workflows.

Explore now: github.com/open-ener...

#OpenData #GridModeling

GitHub - open-energy-transition/Awesome-Grid-Model-Data: Open catalogue of power grid datasets for testing tool interoperability and reproducibility

Open catalogue of power grid datasets for testing tool interoperability and reproducibility - open-energy-transition/Awesome-Grid-Model-Data

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Jul 8

Our CEO @maxparzen.bsky.social has no doubt: Energy planning needs open tools—not just to compete, but to decarbonize faster. By 2035, 80% of the industry could be relying on open platforms⚡🌍

👉 Read the full interview on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-s...

#EnergyTransition #OpenSource

Open source will transform the energy sector in the coming years

Our CEO Maximilian Parzen has no doubt: the ethos of digital sovereignty, collaboration, and transparency is already gaining momentum. We asked him about his vision for the Open Energy Transition and ...

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Jul 7

Want to do a PhD on uncertainty modeling for energy transitions? Join an exciting project at Uni of Canterbury (NZ) with us as industry partner!👇 Apply via Jannik Haas – we’d love to work with you!

🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/jannik...

We are seeking to fill one PhD position in uncertainty modelling for energy transitions. | Jannik Haas

We are seeking to fill one PhD position in uncertainty modelling for energy transitions. The position is based in the beautiful Christchurch, New Zealand. You will be working directly with our industr...

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Jul 3

Open Energy Benchmark is live. Supported by @BreakthroughEnergy, it compares 5 solvers across 120 energy modeling benchmarks.

Test user Victor Guillot (MINES Paris) calls it intuitive and a huge time-saver.

🔗 Check it out: openenergybenchmark....

#EnergyModeling #OpenSource

Open Energy Benchmark

An open-source benchmark of optimization solvers on representative problems from the energy planning domain.

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Jun 24

New tool for modelers&solver devs! The Open Energy Benchmark lets you compare 5 OSS & commercial LP/MILP solvers across more model framework, enhancing speed, scale, transparency of the energy transition.

🔗 More at openenergybenchmark.org

#OpenSource #EnergyModeling #Benchmarking #EnergyTransition

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Jun 11

We joined the GCEP launch at the Latin America Energy Planning Summit—a big step toward transparent, evidence-based clean energy planning. Open models offer solutions to the issues raised for clean energy planning. Excited to see momentum building!
#CleanEnergy #OpenSource #GCEP #EnergyPlanning

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Jun 6

🌍 PowerNetZero v1.0 maps preliminary energy data for 9 countries. We want to scale up & seek partners to expand globally, validate with stakeholders & go beyond electricity. Join us!

🔗 powernetzero.org
🔗 github.com/open-ener...

#EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy #OpenSource

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Open Energy Transition @oetenergy.bsky.social · Jun 5

We did a #PowerMarkets Modelling w/ #OpenSource course in Johannesburg! 35 energy pros from 6 countries learned PyPSA.

Some takeaways:
📌 Open-source democratizing energy planning
📌 Local capacity growing strong

Thanks @InternationalCentreHydropower & @HansBredesen! 🙏

#EnergyModeling #Africa

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