{"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. And so it was with an EnerWit and SERVICE TEAM D\u00f6beln project in the S\u00fcdschwarzwald (Southern Black Forest) in Germany. Much of Victron Energy&#8217;s high volume market in Germany is residential, but in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[148],"class_list":["post-10280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-users-stories","tag-self-consumption-and-home-energy-storage"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Energy Storage System (ESS) upgrade - Victron Energy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Energy Storage System (ESS) upgrade - Victron Energy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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. Much of Victron Energy&#8217;s high volume market in Germany is residential, but in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Victron Energy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VictronEnergy.BV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-26T08:11:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-03T15:19:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/6-Quattros_43532935.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"730\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"411\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Rushworth\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Victron_Energy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Victron_Energy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Rushworth\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/26\\\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/26\\\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Rushworth\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1fc7df7ea591797404c8c720eff2736e\"},\"headline\":\"Energy Storage System (ESS) upgrade\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-26T08:11:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-03T15:19:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/26\\\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":352,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/26\\\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/6-Quattros_43532935.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"self-consumption-and-home-energy-storage\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Users stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/26\\\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/26\\\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/26\\\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\\\/\",\"name\":\"Energy Storage System (ESS) upgrade - Victron Energy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/26\\\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/26\\\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/6-Quattros_43532935.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-26T08:11:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-03T15:19:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/26\\\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/26\\\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/26\\\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/6-Quattros_43532935.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/6-Quattros_43532935.jpg\",\"width\":730,\"height\":411},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/26\\\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Energy Storage System (ESS) upgrade\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Victron Energy\",\"description\":\"Blue power\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Victron Energy\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/victron-energy-logo_125887203.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/10\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/victron-energy-logo_125887203.png\",\"width\":404,\"height\":125,\"caption\":\"Victron Energy\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/VictronEnergy.BV\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Victron_Energy\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/victron-energy\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/VictronEnergyBV\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1fc7df7ea591797404c8c720eff2736e\",\"name\":\"John Rushworth\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a03c30c14cfa27e76e1ad9fd5372176eaaf3db08aef0af25bccd1cb56617b946?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a03c30c14cfa27e76e1ad9fd5372176eaaf3db08aef0af25bccd1cb56617b946?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a03c30c14cfa27e76e1ad9fd5372176eaaf3db08aef0af25bccd1cb56617b946?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"John Rushworth\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.victronenergy.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/john-rushworth\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Energy Storage System (ESS) upgrade - Victron Energy","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Energy Storage System (ESS) upgrade - Victron Energy","og_description":"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. Much of Victron Energy&#8217;s high volume market in Germany is residential, but in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/","og_site_name":"Victron Energy","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VictronEnergy.BV","article_published_time":"2017-07-26T08:11:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-03T15:19:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":730,"height":411,"url":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/6-Quattros_43532935.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"John Rushworth","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Victron_Energy","twitter_site":"@Victron_Energy","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John Rushworth","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/"},"author":{"name":"John Rushworth","@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1fc7df7ea591797404c8c720eff2736e"},"headline":"Energy Storage System (ESS) upgrade","datePublished":"2017-07-26T08:11:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-03T15:19:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/"},"wordCount":352,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/6-Quattros_43532935.jpg","keywords":["self-consumption-and-home-energy-storage"],"articleSection":["Users stories"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/","url":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/","name":"Energy Storage System (ESS) upgrade - Victron Energy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/6-Quattros_43532935.jpg","datePublished":"2017-07-26T08:11:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-03T15:19:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/6-Quattros_43532935.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/6-Quattros_43532935.jpg","width":730,"height":411},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/26\/energy-storage-system-ess-upgrade\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Energy Storage System (ESS) upgrade"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/","name":"Victron Energy","description":"Blue power","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Victron Energy","url":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/02\/victron-energy-logo_125887203.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/02\/victron-energy-logo_125887203.png","width":404,"height":125,"caption":"Victron Energy"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VictronEnergy.BV","https:\/\/x.com\/Victron_Energy","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/victron-energy\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/VictronEnergyBV"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1fc7df7ea591797404c8c720eff2736e","name":"John Rushworth","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a03c30c14cfa27e76e1ad9fd5372176eaaf3db08aef0af25bccd1cb56617b946?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a03c30c14cfa27e76e1ad9fd5372176eaaf3db08aef0af25bccd1cb56617b946?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a03c30c14cfa27e76e1ad9fd5372176eaaf3db08aef0af25bccd1cb56617b946?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"John Rushworth"},"url":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/author\/john-rushworth\/"}]}},"popularity_stats":{"1_day_stats":2,"7_day_stats":6,"30_day_stats":26,"all_time_stats":2149},"author_name":"John Rushworth","title_plain_text":"Energy Storage System (ESS) upgrade","excerpt_plain_text":"System upgrades are a fact of life and it\u2019s 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. Much of Victron Energy\u2019s high volume market in Germany is residential, but in [\u2026]","subtitle":"","related_posts":[{"id":33914,"slug":"in-the-wake-of-the-first-explorers","title":"In the wake of the first explorers&#8230;","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/15\/in-the-wake-of-the-first-explorers\/","excerpt":"Circumnavigator Alec Hughes is on a mission to re-connect us with our seafaring past. Speaking at schools and yacht clubs as he sails around the world, he teaches the young and old, alike, about the earliest days of exploration and trading under sail. On the foredeck of his 51ft sloop Manu, he carries a balsa&hellip;","featured_image":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-15-at-09.19.20_333306384-150x150.png","author_name":"justin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/author\/justin\/","author_avatar":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1aee15dc88b16fe8302452197d07d203697be68b3ea32d831473d70ae3026b?s=96&d=mm&r=g&s=24","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1aee15dc88b16fe8302452197d07d203697be68b3ea32d831473d70ae3026b?s=96&d=mm&r=g&s=48","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1aee15dc88b16fe8302452197d07d203697be68b3ea32d831473d70ae3026b?s=96&d=mm&r=g&s=96"},"categories":[{"name":"Users stories","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/category\/users-stories\/"}],"date":"2026-09-15T10:46:11+02:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:46:11+00:00"},{"id":33867,"slug":"top-of-coom-gets-to-the-bottom-of-power-problems","title":"Top of Coom gets to the bottom of power problems","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/04\/top-of-coom-gets-to-the-bottom-of-power-problems\/","excerpt":"Just as the finishing touches were being made to a backup power installation at the famous Irish pub known as Top of Coom, a lightening strike on the other side of the valley caused a power outage on the electricity grid. The lights went out and the kitchen came to a standstill. Slightly sooner than&hellip;","featured_image":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-08-31-at-09.58.33_332120918-150x150.png","author_name":"justin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/author\/justin\/","author_avatar":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1aee15dc88b16fe8302452197d07d203697be68b3ea32d831473d70ae3026b?s=96&d=mm&r=g&s=24","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1aee15dc88b16fe8302452197d07d203697be68b3ea32d831473d70ae3026b?s=96&d=mm&r=g&s=48","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1aee15dc88b16fe8302452197d07d203697be68b3ea32d831473d70ae3026b?s=96&d=mm&r=g&s=96"},"categories":[{"name":"Users stories","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/category\/users-stories\/"}],"date":"2026-09-04T10:14:25+02:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T08:14:25+00:00"},{"id":33824,"slug":"up-the-creek-not-now","title":"Up the Creek?  Not now.","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/26\/up-the-creek-not-now\/","excerpt":"I know, I know - it's a question you've been asking yourself for years: How big is the world's largest cattle station?\u00a0 Well, it occupies an area of almost 16,000km which, to put it in perspective, is larger than some countries. It's located in South Australia; and it's called Anna Creek. Victron installer MyEnergy Engineering&hellip;","featured_image":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-24-at-16.14.29_331430239-150x150.png","author_name":"justin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/author\/justin\/","author_avatar":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1aee15dc88b16fe8302452197d07d203697be68b3ea32d831473d70ae3026b?s=96&d=mm&r=g&s=24","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1aee15dc88b16fe8302452197d07d203697be68b3ea32d831473d70ae3026b?s=96&d=mm&r=g&s=48","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc1aee15dc88b16fe8302452197d07d203697be68b3ea32d831473d70ae3026b?s=96&d=mm&r=g&s=96"},"categories":[{"name":"Users stories","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/category\/users-stories\/"}],"date":"2026-08-26T09:43:02+02:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:43:02+00:00"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10280"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32261,"href":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10280\/revisions\/32261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}