V-W/TiO2 based catalysts, which are used for the removal of NOx from the exhaust of diesel engines and stationary sources via Selective Catalytic Reduction with NH3 (NH3-SCR), were studied by operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy and emerging photon-in/photon-out techniques. In order to minimize the influence of highly X-ray absorbing tungsten and the fluorescence of titanium we used a high energy resolution fluorescence setup that is able to separate efficiently the V Kβ1,3 emission lines and additionally allows to record valence-to-core (vtc) X-ray emission lines. The High Energy Resolution Fluorescence Detected X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (HERFD-XAS) and vtc X-ray Emission Spectroscopy (vtc-XES) proved to be the only way to perform operando V K edge X-ray spectroscopic study on industrially relevant V-W/TiO2 catalysts so far. The V-W/TiO2 and V/TiO2 samples were synthesized by incipient wetness impregnation and grafting and exhibit high activity towards NH3-SCR. Raman spectroscopy showed that they mainly contained highly dispersed, isolated and polymeric V-oxo species. HERFD-XAS and XES identified redox cycling of vanadium species between V 4+ and V 5+. However, no direct chemical bond between V and N was observed. As result of the obtained information we suggest that the primary role of V species in SCR is to provide redox sites, whereas, adsorption and reaction of NOx and NHx species may occur via the neighboring O atoms or on the acidic support.