API

In practice

In practice, the API is what separates modern energy IT from inherited complexity. Nord PoolNordic electricity exchange where power is traded in the wholesale market - the basis for electricity prices in Norway and the Nordic region. provides a RESTRepresentational State Transfer - architectural style for APIs based on HTTP and resource-oriented design. API for pricing and market data. StatnettNorway's system operator for the transmission grid - owns and operates the high-voltage network and operates Elhub.'s transparency API gives access to flow data. MDMMeter Data Management - system for collection, storage, quality assurance and distribution of metering data from the electricity grid. systems expose time-series data via API. And SAMTYGDTvimenning platform for Elhub integration - handles all message types and processes to Elhub. is at its core an API that conceals ElhubNational hub for metering data and market processes in the Norwegian electricity market.'s SOAPSimple Object Access Protocol - XML-based messaging protocol used in enterprise integrations, including Elhub./EdielNordic profile of the EDI EDIFACT standard - used for electronic message exchange in the Nordic power market via Elhub. complexity behind a modern REST façade. For a development team, the API is the contract - and good API design with versioning, authentication, and open documentation is what distinguishes an integration that works for ten years from one that breaks every time something changes.