I’m reaching out regarding an issue I’ve observed with my Victron DESS system. The system appears to feed solar energy into the grid even during periods of negative electricity prices, which seems counterintuitive and potentially inefficient.
Here’s a brief overview of the situation:
About two months ago, I performed a system reset to refresh the forecast data.
System runs in Green mode.SW version 3.63
After waiting 28 days for the system to stabilize, I began a detailed evaluation.
Since then, I’ve consistently noticed that the system continues to export solar energy to the grid, even when prices are negative.
The battery has sufficient capacity, so storing the energy would seem more logical than exporting it at a loss.
I’ve attached screenshots that illustrate this behavior. My question is:
Is this expected behavior for the DESS system, or could this be a configuration or logic issue?
Personally, I believe this should not happen under negative pricing conditions, especially when battery capacity is available. I would appreciate any insights, suggestions, or similar experiences from the community.
See modus is different, maybe without battery life you get “Limiet laadvermogen“?
I do limit then for efficiency reason, do trade dynamic, still profitable in the Netherlands.
Test morgen even wat de max laadstroom is.
Dess uitschakelen en in ESS grid setpoint op 15k zetten.
Dan zal batterij vanuit grid max geladen gaan worden.
Ik zie dan +/- 11kW, maar dat is temperatuur (multiplus II) afhankelijk.
Ik ben van Belgie en dan moeten we rekening houden met capaciteit tarief en negatieve prijzen. Om je een voorbeeld te geven van mijn 66 euro die ik verdient heb in Juli hou ik er 23 over 33 euro betaald voor capaciteit en de rest negatieve prijzen