News overview
New features VRM, Intersolar 2022 and more
April 20th, 2022

Please note that Victron Energy will be closed on Monday April 18th for Easter

 

Victron Remote Management has been updated with some great new feature; controls on the dashboard and dark mode - check them out.
Let's meet at the Intersolar Europe 2022 in Munich so we can show you our latest products.
There are several blog posts for you. We start off with Spanish gold for our Dutch sailors, what an achievement!  There is a blog post about speedway competitors touring in style, one about a Slovenian student’s contribution to an off-grid power source. One about being powered up for summer, one about a temperature-controlled chicken farm, one about selling ice for fishermen to conserve the quality of their catch. Read about the USA Training Tour Finale, and finally one about installing an Energy Storage System (ESS) in a large house in Mexico. 
And as usual we have our list of updated documentation, certificates, training, webinars, and events.

 

New VRM features: controls on the dashboard and Dark mode

One of the new features in VRM is that you can now remotely control ESS - you can set the mode, for example you can choose preferences such as keeping batteries charged, or optimising the ESS, as well as setting a minimum batter SoC level.

Also the manual Inverter/Charger settings  'on'/'off'/ and 'charger only' can now be selected remotely, and you can reset an input current limit ...plus more. For more information see the documentation:
https://www.victronenergy.com/live/vrm_portal:dashboard#control_your_devices_in_vrm

You'll notice that another cool enhancement is the Dark Mode theme. More details here:
https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/121584/when-is-dark-mode-coming-to-vrm.html

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Correction of our last newsletter

Unfortunately, we made a mistake in our last Newsletter from April 13, 2022.  

We announced the new Inverter/Charger controls feature via the VRM dashboard. However that feature was removed shortly after launching it. It is too risky in its current form. The system could be switched off unintentionally too easily.  

But that doesn't mean that we're shelving the Multi controls feature. We will make further considerations that take security more into account and release Multi controls with appropriate modifications.  

Also please note that this does not affect the other two new controls: ESS Control and GX Relays via the VRM dashboard. This continues to work.  

Our apologies for the inconvenience.

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Intersolar Europe 2022

Let’s meet at the Intersolar in Munich, Germany this year. Intersolar is taking place from 11th to 13th of May and is the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry and associated businesses. Intersolar combines the key areas of Solar, Storage and E-Mobility. Come and visit us at stand B4.160 and take a look at the brand new products we're introducing. We look forward to seeing you there.

 

New and updated documents

(Please be sure you always check our website for the latest updated documentation.)

Certificates 

 

Victron training events

Sign up for one of our training events or webinars and learn more about our products.

Webinars

For more training events and webinars, see Victron Professional.

 

Upcoming exhibitions

Check our exhibition schedule online if you are interested in visiting an exhibition in your area over the coming months. 
Please refer to our website or the event's website to check if the event's date has been changed or cancelled:

  • May 11th – May 13th, Intersolar Europe 2022 in Munich, Germany
  • May 11th – May 13th, RettMobiel 2022 in Fulda (Hessen), Germany
  • May 20th – May 22nd, Hanseboot Ancora Boat Show in Neustadt/Holstein, Germany

 

OUR LATEST BLOG POSTS

 

Dutch Sailors snatch Spanish Gold

New-together Dutch sailors take an extraordinary win in Mallorca!
Imagine competing against the best 56 boats in the world and finishing nine of the first twelve races in the top four. Something must be right!
Dutch sailing duo Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz have just won a Gold Medal racing the skiff class known as the 49erFX which took place at the Trofeo Princesa Sofia, held in Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, between the 1st and 9th April – the first event in the 2022 Hempel World Cup Series.

 

Speedway competitors tour in style

Designer workshop and mobile Home
Top level motor sports competitors such as double World Champion Polish Speedway rider Bartek Zmarzlik; and triple World Champion Danish Speedway rider Nicki Pedersen travel in style with a mobile home, and on-the-road workshop, of course!
Their stylish touring homes are Mercedes Sprinters imaginatively converted by Tapsam Designs Jacek Świerz. Electrical design and installation of the tailer-made power system for AC appliances is the work of Victron Installers Sun Track.
Read the blog post.

 

Solar Power regulates a Hydroelectric generator

Slovenian Student's work contributes to the real world.

A 400kW hydroelectric plant near the Slovenian/Italian border had been running inefficiently for years until a third year electrical student decided to put it right as part of his coursework. The problem was that the signalling apparatus had long since stopped operating because of numerous cabling problems along the route.
Aleks Žvikart – who is also an intern at Victron installer Elektro Štumpfl – decided to design and build an off-grid power source at the remote headwater so that levels could be monitored remotely.

 

Summer Hobbies / Winter storage

Neat tricks to ensure you’re powered up for summer
Summer cabins; Boats, Vans, Motorhomes and Classic vehicle enthusiasts – twice a year, around the solar equinox, it’s time for half the world to take the wraps off their hobbies, and the other half to put them back on. How do you ensure that from the moment the winter cover goes on to the moment it comes off your pride and joy will remain in tip-top condition – no mice, mildew, burst pipes or flat battery?
Read about the tricks in this blog post. 

 

Chicken Farming with Solar Energy

High-Welfare. Low-Carbon. Off-Grid
A Spanish farmer – Casa Nilo SL – has invested 4 million euros establishing the largest privately-owned chicken barn in the Catalonian province of Lleida. Situated in Arbeca, 40,000 breeding birds, and 4,000 roosters are free to roam the floor of a temperature controlled rearing shed, powered by solar energy.

 

Solar Energy Ice Plant

Fiji’s fishermen chilling the catch
The Government-owned Ice Plant has been operational for four months selling ice to local fishermen, to allow them to conserve the quality of their catch, which they can then sell for a premium on the mainland. In the past compressors were run by a diesel generator – fuel for which was expensive; difficult to transport; maintenance costs were high and not very green. The new plant is silent...

 

Training Tour’s Finale

Now follow that
On Friday 25th February - the great North American Training Tour hosted its final guests.
From Florida to British Columbia – between July and February – 14 team members delivered 68 days of training and 34 days of events to 2000 people.
Members of Victron staff, and Victron-products Ambassadors would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has attended, and to everyone who helped host the marathon event.

 

No whine in the cellar?

Energy Storage keeps pumps operational
The owner of a large house in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico, always regretted that the 40kWp grid-feed solar array he had installed at his property was not able to provide power to his home when the grid failed.
That limitation almost proved catastrophic. One evening, during a rainstorm, the grid power also failed… It was time to make a new arrangement. Seeing advertisements from Victron Installer Evotech he got in touch with them to learn about Energy Storage Systems (ESS).
Read more in the blog post.

 

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