Over the past few years, the number of smart devices on the electricity grid has drastically increased. These devices range from household smart meters to sophisticated substation Automation Systems. These smart devices can collect, share and act on data with no human intervention.
Alliander created Grid eXchange Fabric (GXF) to enable communication between the smart devices in the electricity grid and the applications in the Alliander’s datacenter and cloud. GXF can connect these applications with millions of smart devices that are deployed in the electricity grid. GXF provides several device management functions and provides scalability and high availability, high security, a generic design, and no vendor lock-in. GXF is currently used for several use cases at Alliander, including smart metering, public lighting, and distribution automation.
GXF is an open-source project and part of the Linux Foundation Energy (LF Energy). Alliander actively maintains the project. Would you like to know more about GXF, for example how to contribute? Check out the project page from LF Energy.