Dutch distribution system operator Alliander created it as an Open Smart Grid Platform (OSGP). GXF is a scalable and technology-agnostic Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform. It enables grid operators to securely collect data and monitor, control, and manage smart devices on the grid.
The purpose of GXF is to decrease the overall complexity and associated maintenance costs of accessing these devices by creating a single generic method of abstracting data access. In short, this is a way of bringing system integration to the electrical grid. GXF also comes with a set of security recommendations to keep the hackers from turning off your lights.
Electrical grids are critical in today’s world with most things being powered by electrically, even down to sewerage systems. Unfortunately, like motor vehicles, grids are playing catch-up to modern technology, but they need to for two reasons: Apart from hacker vulnerabilities there is also now distributed renewable energy which requires far smarter grids.
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LF Energy and Alliander Announce a program — GXF — to securely manage the modern electrical grid’s Industrial Internet of Things.