-- Hyphae Web Services will automate peer-to-peer renewable energy 
     distribution

LF Energy ( 
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), a Linux Foundation nonprofit seeking to accelerate the energy transition of 
the world's grids and transportation systems through open source, along with 
its newest member, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. (Sony CSL) ( 
https://www.sonycsl.co.jp/ ), a subsidiary of Sony Corporation, announced today 
Hyphae, a microgrid initiative to automate the peer-to-peer distribution of 
renewable energy.

With energy resources and infrastructure increasingly challenged to meet the 
coming impacts of climate change and natural disaster, Hyphae aims to make 
microgrids more resilient. It will do so by transitioning Sony CSL's existing 
software, Autonomous Power Interchange System (APIS), which automatically and 
efficiently distributes locally-produced renewable energy over a DC grid, to 
work with AC Grids. With resilient, peer-to-peer microgrid energy trading, even 
the most remote communities will be able to store and distribute energy 
autonomously without connecting to large-scale power stations or electrical 
distribution networks. 

"Sony CSL is a subsidiary of one of the world's premier companies, and by 
launching Hyphae with us, they are making a profound statement about their 
intention to collaborate and lead to solve the world's most complicated problem 
— decarbonization," said Dr. Shuli Goodman ( 
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), Executive Director of LF Energy. "Working with Sony CSL will help us spur 
energy transformation in developed countries, as well as bring electrification 
to energy-poor corners of the planet."

As the world races to develop and build microgrids that are resilient and 
flexible, an open-source, automated microgrid controller and peer-to-peer 
trading platform like Hyphae will allow for faster innovation while decreasing 
costs for everyone. Partnering with Sony CSL brings LF Energy closer to its 
goal of building the first interoperable AC- and DC-ready microgrid that is 
self-contained, operational off-grid and able to connect to an electrical 
distribution network with utility oversight. 

"By working with LF Energy, we see a path toward an interoperable, 
cloud-native, configurable microgrid that will revolutionize the world's 
relationship with networking energy," said Dr. Hiroaki Kitano ( 
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), president and CEO of Sony CSL. "We share the sense of urgency to act on 
climate issues, which is why we decided to turn a part of our decade-long 
research into open source, and to work with LF Energy. This is a call to action 
for the greatest companies in the world to work together to revolutionize the 
global energy landscape, including residential and industrial energy systems, 
power systems and the green electrification of transportation."

LF Energy is currently looking to collaborate with hardware partners to ensure 
they create an entirely interoperable system. If you are interested in learning 
more about Hyphae or LF Energy, visit: https://www.lfenergy.org/

About LF Energy

A first-of-its-kind initiative, LF Energy provides a 21st century plan of 
action to solve climate change through open frameworks, reference architectures 
and a support ecosystem of complementary projects. In addition to RTE, members 
include Alliander, Energinet, TenneT, Elering, IBM, NREL, Recurve, Stanford 
University, OSISoft, Unicorn, Wind River, Cloud Bees, Alan Turing Institute, 
Pecan Street, and many others. Find further information here: 
https://www.lfenergy.org.

Media Contact
Katy Hoeper, PR Manager
Walker Sands for LF Energy  
lfenergypr@walkersands.com 

Source - LF Energy