{"id":10280,"date":"2017-07-26T10:11:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T08:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=10280"},"modified":"2025-11-03T17:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T15:19:12","slug":"energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Storage System (ESS) upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>System upgrades are a fact of life and it&#8217;s always encouraging to see clients choosing Victron Energy components in preference to others. And so it was with an EnerWit and SERVICE TEAM D\u00f6beln project in the S\u00fcdschwarzwald (Southern Black Forest) in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Much of Victron Energy&#8217;s high volume market in Germany is residential, but in this case the system upgrade to a Victron based ESS was more on an industrial scale, consisting of 6 x 48\/8000\/110-100\/100 Quattros (to replace the original components), combined with 100 kWh of Lithium-ion battery storage and 180kWp of solar.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Out with the old&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>The heading speaks for itself, as blue becomes the colour of choice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Out-with-the-old_43534618.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-blogpost-content wp-image-10285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Out-with-the-old_43534618-690x258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Out-with-the-old_43534618-690x258.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Out-with-the-old_43534618-730x273.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Out-with-the-old_43534618-1024x382.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Out-with-the-old_43534618-768x287.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Out-with-the-old_43534618-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/Out-with-the-old_43534618.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"post-content-title\">Energy Storage System (ESS)<\/h3>\n<p>An ESS is used to optimise the self-consumption of a building by storing surplus energy throughout the day, whenever possible, and then using that stored energy during the night.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a screenshot from the project &#8211; showing instantaneous solar harvest of over 91kW &#8211; using Victron&#8217;s Remote Console via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/live\/vrm_portal:start\" target=\"_blank\">VRM<\/a> portal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/panel-systems-remote-monitoring\/color-control\" target=\"_blank\">Color Control GX<\/a>, or CCGX as it is commonly known.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-blogpost-content wp-image-10326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/CCGX-German_43612615-690x273.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/CCGX-German_43612615-690x273.png 690w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/CCGX-German_43612615-730x289.png 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/CCGX-German_43612615-768x304.png 768w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/CCGX-German_43612615-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/CCGX-German_43612615.png 772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The installer for this project was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enerwit.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">EnerWit<\/a> of\u00a0Donaueschingen, who have an excellent reputation and network. Support and programming of the ESS used the expertise of one of Victron&#8217;s top distributors in Germany \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.service-doebeln.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">SERVICE TEAM D\u00f6beln GmbH<\/a> together with Mr. Prag from that company.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10293\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/EnergyStore_43536255.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10293\" class=\"size-blogpost-content wp-image-10293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/EnergyStore_43536255-690x388.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/EnergyStore_43536255-690x388.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/EnergyStore_43536255-730x411.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/EnergyStore_43536255-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/EnergyStore_43536255-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/EnergyStore_43536255-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/EnergyStore_43536255.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upgraded installation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you aren&#8217;t familiar with an ESS, Victron have a number of Webinars in the video section of Victron Professional. An ESS Design &amp; installation manual is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/live\/ess:design-installation-manual\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please note all our blog readers are welcome to sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/professional.victronenergy.com\" target=\"_blank\">Victron Professional<\/a>, as it&#8217;s not just about ESS &#8211; there&#8217;s firmware downloads, news and more.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/contact#UweDr%C3%A4ger\" target=\"_blank\">Uwe Dr\u00e4ger<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/14\/victron-energy-people-who-is-bob-hopman\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Hopman<\/a> of Victron Energy for making me aware of this project.<\/p>\n<p>Considering an upgrade &#8211; isn&#8217;t it time you changed to Blue Power!<\/p>\n<p>John Rushworth<\/p>\n<h5>Links<\/h5>\n<p>SERVICE TEAM D\u00f6beln GmbH &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.service-doebeln.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.service-doebeln.de<\/a><\/p>\n<p>EnerWit &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enerwit.de\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.enerwit.de<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>System upgrades are a fact of life and it&#8217;s always encouraging to see clients choosing Victron Energy components in preference to others. 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