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.
The Elhub market role that retrieves data on behalf of an end customer, with that customer’s consent. Tvimenning is approved in this role.
Development methodology where autonomous AI agents plan and execute multi-step tasks without manual intervention at each step.
Domain knowledge and technical skills - a core value for Tvimenning and a prerequisite for delivering quality in the energy sector.
The Elhub market role that collects metering values from metering points and submits them to Elhub. Tvimenning is approved in this role.
The Elhub market role a grid company holds for submitting market messages to Elhub. Tvimenning is approved in this role.
Tvimenning's internal self-developed platform for agentic software development with Claude Code - demonstrates that we dogfood our own methods.
Tvimenning’s tool for condition-based maintenance: raises work orders from how the component is actually doing, not from how old it is.
Tvimenning’s EDI server for bilateral message exchange: receives, translates, routes and acknowledges messages between companies and marketplaces.
Helping others - one of Tvimenning's core values, rooted in the Nordic tradition of voluntary collective effort and the belief that strong communities are built by people who contribute.
Not an acronym, but the Norwegian word "hevd" - a legal right you must keep in continuous use for it to hold. Tvimenning's managed service for data quality, across the entire system landscape.
Traditional Nordic drinking vessel shared between two people - the symbol of tvimenning: two doing something side by side.
Modern statically typed programming language for JVM - Tvimenning's primary language for backend services.
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.
The Elhub market role a grid company holds for establishing and validating meter values. Tvimenning is approved in this role.
Structured startup and integration - either of new developers to a project or of a new vendor with accompanying knowledge transfer.
Nine operating rules for how we work - from "be generous and professionally honest" to "ask for help when life is heavy".
One of the world's largest technology companies - known for Oracle Database, Fusion Middleware and Oracle Cloud. Tvimenning's staff have experience with Oracle platforms.
Where our thinking comes from, with the sources named rather than presented as our own.
Tvimenning's component register for electrical installations - providing structure and traceability for the components installations are built from.
Tvimenning platform for Elhub integration - handles all message types and processes to Elhub.
Tvimenning’s VEE engine: validates, estimates and edits metering series with versioned time series and a full audit trail, before data goes to Elhub.
The Elhub market role for the supplier obliged to sell power to end users without a contract of their own. Tvimenning is approved in this role.
Norwegian PaaS provider and cloud infrastructure partner - hosts Tvimenning's products in production.
Tvimenning's metering point and asset register - your single source of truth for master data, with a built-in validation engine and Elhub integration.
Tvimenning's simulator platform for integration testing - we build mock environments of the counterparties your systems talk to, so they can be tested without touching production.
Tvimenning's mark - two Tiwaz runes on the same stem, together forming a tree, inside a frame.
Old Norse word made of tvi- (two) and -menning (from menneske, human). Literally: a team of two - the smallest possible unit of collaboration.
The mission, the vision and the four values that govern our priorities - "the best solutions are never built alone".
The rune ᛏ - seventeenth in the Elder Futhark and the one that names Týr's aett. Called after Týr, the Norse god of law, assembly and the sworn oath. Tvimenning's logo is built from this rune.
Trust - one of Tvimenning's core values and foundation for long-term customer relationships in the energy sector.
Old Norse meaning 'two bound together' - one who solves a task shoulder to shoulder with another.
Traditional Norwegian carpentry and boat-building tool - a specialised plane for precisely creating the double overlap joints known as tvimenning in wooden boat construction.
Tvimenning's network of technology, industry and competence partners - consultancies, system vendors and industry partners working in the Nordic energy sector.
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