Glossary
Terms from the Norwegian energy sector and technology - explained by practitioners who use them every day. Discover semantic connections and technical references. 378+ terms.
Advanced Metering Infrastructure - comprehensive system for two-way communication between smart meters and power suppliers' systems.
Revenue arising when capacity limitations in power transmission between price areas exist - accrues to the system operator.
The collection point that pulls metering values from many smart meters and passes them on to the collection system in batches.
Norwegian AMI platform for collecting, validating and distributing metering data from smart electricity meters for grid companies.
Norwegian law regulating production, transformation, transmission, trading, distribution and use of electrical energy.
Denmark's system operator for electricity and gas - operates the transmission network and runs DataHub Denmark for market data exchange.
European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity - collaborative body for European TSOs coordinating joint grid operations and regulations.
The company performing imbalance settlement for balance responsible parties across the Nordics, jointly owned by the four transmission system operators.
Finland's transmission system operator - owns and operates the Finnish high-voltage grid and runs the Finnish Datahub.
Energy lost as heat during electricity transmission - the grid company is responsible for covering and reporting grid losses.
Home Area Network - communication port on smart meters enabling end users to extract their own electricity data in real time.
Head-End System - central system for collecting and managing data from smart meters in AMI networks.
The management system - policies, roles, risk assessments and procedures - that ISO 27001 sets requirements for. The certification proves the ISMS actually works.
Tvimenning’s closed, non-commercial marketplace where energy companies share preparedness resources between themselves - components such as transformers, cables and smart meters, and contact points for response crews.
Volue's newer, object-oriented data-handling system underpinning the Smart Power suite - the successor to SMG.
Architecture where an application is split into small, independent services that communicate via APIs.
EDIFACT message format for exchange of metering data in the electricity market - used in Elhub to transmit hourly, daily and monthly values between market participants.
Electricity generated by nuclear fission of uranium or plutonium - emission-free during operation, stable baseload, and an increasingly prominent part of the European energy debate.
Simplified scheme for households and small businesses with solar panels up to 100 kW - the grid company handles settlement for surplus production.
A practical, solution-oriented approach that prioritises what actually works over what is theoretically ideal - a cultural cornerstone in the Nordic energy sector.
Mechanism that limits the number of API calls a client can make per time unit - protects services against overload and misuse.
The Ediel message family covering metering data and settlement. Where the E-messages handle customer and grid processes, the RSM messages carry the actual meter values.
Norwegian author and speaker, founder of businessMastering and the man behind the SMIA conference. Writes about employeeship, culture code and the art of listening.
Volue's established production-planning system for hydro, thermal and gas - being phased out in favour of Mesh.
Single Sign-On - authentication mechanism allowing users to authenticate once and access multiple systems.
Norway's system operator for the transmission grid - owns and operates the high-voltage network and operates Elhub.
Sweden's system operator for the transmission network - equivalent to Statnett's role in Norway.
Old Norse word made of tvi- (two) and -menning (from menneske, human). Literally: a team of two - the smallest possible unit of collaboration.
The totality of facilities, lines and systems for producing, transmitting and distributing electrical energy.
Transmission System Operator - responsible for operation and balance of the transmission grid at national level.
Norwegian EDI and message exchange platform, formerly Compello, which carried Ediel messages between energy market actors long before Elhub existed.
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