Reliable measurement and accounting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is critical to climate accountability and attribution. According to an analysis by The Washington Post, the gap in underreported GHG emissions “ranges from at least 8.5 billion to as high as 13.3 billion tons a year.” Today, carbon accounting suffers from data quality issues, measurement and reporting inconsistencies, siloed platforms, and infrastructure challenges. This makes it difficult to compare, combine and share reliable data, particularly for companies.

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In response, PIONIX has developed a project called EVerest, an open-source software stack designed to establish a common base layer for a unified EV charging ecosystem. 

EVerest has gained some serious cred in the developer world, with its biggest support LF Energy (the Linux open-source foundation for the power systems sector).

Source: https://thenextweb.com/news/linux-foundation-backed-everest-standarizes-ev-charging-protocols

Today, there is a big issue with climate change. People need to realize this is climate collapse. Shuli Goodman acknowledges this reality in her recent interview with Industry IOT.

EVerest consists of a framework to configure several interchangeable modules which are coupled by MQTT with each other. 

The EVerest stack is made out of loosely coupled modules that are orchestrated by the EVerest Dependency Manager (EDM). 

The project will help speed the adoption to e-mobility by utilizing all the open source advantages for the EV charging world. It will also enable new features for local energy management, PV-integration, grid friendliness, and many more.

Source: https://sdtimes.com/softwaredev/sd-times-open-source-project-of-the-week-everest/

In fact, climate change has helped drive a fivefold increase in the number of weather-related disasters in the last 50 years, research shows. 

Source: https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/om/open-source-meet-your-biggest-challenge-yet-saving-the-planet/

https://www.powermag.com/cooperation-needed-to-drive-energy-transition

Source: https://www.eetimes.com/podcasts/open-source-for-energy-transition/

Microsoft has become a General member of the foundation, and Audrey Lee, senior director of energy strategy at Microsoft, was elected to serve on the LF Energy Foundation Governing Board.

Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-joins-grid-decarbonization-effort-from-linux-foundation-nonprofit/

Modernizing the aging U.S. electrical grid needs to be part of this push — and new thinking, investment and innovation must be part of the plan.

To date, the U.S. has over 10,000 power plants, more than 642,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines and 6.3 million more miles of distribution lines. 

Source: https://www.greenbiz.com/article/how-open-source-software-could-revamp-aging-electrical-grid

Source: https://cleantechnica.com/2021/08/27/linux-foundation-energys-executive-director-dr-shuli-goodman-on-decarbonization-at-the-electron-level/