Will Victron offer support for trading on the onbalans market?
I see that Frank Energie has designed their environment in such a way that they support the Bliq energy manager.
The Bliq energy manager is a battery-brand independent energy manager that can be used to trade on the onbalans market. So Frank energie opens this possibility to all solar/battery/converter brands.
On this page https://bliq.energy/nl/installateur/compatibility/ they even indicate that they want to support Victron.
What is your opinion about this? and can Victron jump on that boat?
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Got the answer from Frank Energy that they are so busy with other batteries, that they not going to implement new batteries like Victron.
That is a pity, however it is the bliq energie manager they are using, so it is Bliq.nl that develops the support for different battery brands.
Be aware that Bliq does not longer exist. Faillissement Bliq B.V. te Weesp (F.13/24/471) - FaillissementsDossier.nl.
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That is a pity too, this makes our changes very slim 
Thanks for the info.
That’s why they told me they are busy.
Could Victron please contact zonneplan?
Seems solar clarity is bankrupt and Bliq was part of them
https://solarclarity.com/nl
Seems Bliq would make a restart, so still hope Victron can trade on the onbalans market soon,…
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Het lijkt erop dat de insteek hetzelfde blijft.
There are other companies who allow unbalance market trading with Victron equipment.
Mind you, accessing the unbalance market is not a straightforward process and you can’t do it individually - you need to be under the wings of a large player, who will take control of your system.
On another note, and this is half my personal opinion: trading on the unbalance market with a home system is not (very) profitable and will likely cost you more in battery wear than it will yield in the long term.
Not true, LFP batteries will degrade from calendar aging long before cycles are an issue. Most cells are rated at 8000 cycles to 80 percent, that is 20 years of 1 cycle per day, which is about what unbalance trading does. As long as your battery is large enough to not pull too high c rates you should be good.
Calendar aging is about 1 percent per year… I guess you know where I am going with this. Might as well use the batteries you paid for and see where you end up, that’s what they are made for.
Edit: the 1 cycle per day figure is for my system which has a 4:1 kWh to inverter ratio. If you have a smaller ratio the figure will most likely be higher and vice versa. Frank energie quotes 1.4 cycles per day but that is not what I am seeing with my system.