Sabyasachi from Hillsborough, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since March of 2019. The contract was signed in the middle of March and the array was producing by the twenty-first of May — ten weeks from signature to switch-on. It is 25 Panasonic 325-watt panels on a SolarEdge inverter, 8.125 kW rated and designed for about 10,768 kilowatt-hours a year, which is a strong yield for the size and reflects both the panel and the roof. It went up with 100 feet of critter guard around it, closing the sheltered gap beneath the panels before anything could find its way in. Hillsborough is in Somerset County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Hillsborough, NJ
- Services
- Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- March 2019
- Panels
- Panasonic Model # VBHN325KA03
- Panels
- 25
- System size
- 8.13 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE6000H-US000NNC2 HD Wave
- Mounting system
- QuickMount
- Estimated first-year production
- 10,768 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 99%
- Electric utility
- PSE&G
- Critter guard fitted
- 100 ft
Solar questions from Hillsborough homeowners
Does Hillsborough decide whether the installation is code-compliant?
The municipal construction department reviews and inspects the work under the Uniform Construction Code, but the substantive electrical requirements come from the statewide Electrical Subcode rather than from local preference. Municipalities may also administer zoning requirements where those apply.
Do unused credits carry from month to month?
Yes. Eligible excess kWh credits generally carry through the customer's annualised net-metering period, which is what allows strong spring and summer production to offset consumption in the darker months.
What is panel efficiency?
How effectively a module turns the sunlight striking its surface into electrical power. Higher efficiency fits more generating capacity into a limited area, which matters most on houses where the usable roof is the constraint rather than the budget.