{"id":18005,"date":"2019-12-23T12:12:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T10:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=18005"},"modified":"2020-02-13T10:38:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T08:38:04","slug":"vic-ess-turnkey-power-container","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/23\/vic-ess-turnkey-power-container\/","title":{"rendered":"VIC &#8211; ESS turnkey power container"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>A biogas plant producing 500kVA has found that the most cost effective method of providing its own machinery with power is by using solar energy.<\/p>\n<p>It is more profitable to sell 100% of the energy it produces to the grid and to install a containerised solution to supply its own power needs in the form of a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vic-speicher.de\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">VIC &#8211; Sonnenspeicher<\/a> VIC-ESS energy container.<\/p>\n<p>VIC-ESS container is a highly portable, powerful and instant turnkey solution to renewable power requirements. The biogas client has opted for a 200kWp solar array; coupled with a 120kWh Lithium Iron Mangan Phosphate battery bank.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18816\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/IMG-20190514-WA0005_120076161.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18816\" class=\"wp-image-18816 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/IMG-20190514-WA0005_120076161-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/IMG-20190514-WA0005_120076161-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/IMG-20190514-WA0005_120076161-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/IMG-20190514-WA0005_120076161-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/IMG-20190514-WA0005_120076161-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/IMG-20190514-WA0005_120076161-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/IMG-20190514-WA0005_120076161-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/IMG-20190514-WA0005_120076161.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">200kWp solar array&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The 90 kVA three-phase grid-parallel system uses 8 Fronius 25kVA inverters, together with 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/inverters-chargers\/quattro\" target=\"_blank\">Victron Quattro 15kVA \/ 48V<\/a> inverters. The grid is protected by a 250 kW ENS release point anti-islanding system. All hardware is controlled by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/panel-systems-remote-monitoring\/color-control\" target=\"_blank\">Color Control GX<\/a>\u00a0 allowing system data be interrogated and managed via the <a href=\"https:\/\/vrm.victronenergy.com\/landingpage\" target=\"_blank\">Victron VRM<\/a>\u00a0portal from anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Further system monitoring &#8211; also read by the Color Control GX &#8211; is provided by Zigbee and Gavazzi meters. One of the advantages of the VIC-ESS container is that\u00a0VIC &#8211; Sonnenspeicher\u00a0complete the system build off-site &#8211; all tidily installed into an insulated, air-conditioned 20ft shipping container &#8211; and then deliver it to the customer ready to go.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming that electricity costs continue to rise VIC- Sonnenspeicher calculate that this installation will pay for itself in approximately 7 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<p>Their containers are configured as Energy Storage Systems (ESS) so that self-produced energy is made available for the consumer&#8217;s requirement &#8211; with surplus energy being used to charge the battery bank. Here a &#8220;zero feed in&#8221; power option prevents it from being fed to the grid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">Containers can be paralleled, greatly extending the power which can be made available. Victron Quattro&#8217;s for example, can provide 3-phase power of up to 144kW \/ 180kVA, and more than 2500A charging capacity.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>This combination of \u00a0Victron hardware, and system design and build by VIC-Sonnenspeicher allows reliable energy provision to be made available anywhere in the world &#8211; operational\u00a0in the shortest possible time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18820\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18820\" class=\"wp-image-18820 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-13-at-11.10.57_120081214.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-13-at-11.10.57_120081214.png 576w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-2019-12-13-at-11.10.57_120081214-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/div><\/a> Insulation being installed in a 20ft shipping container. 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