Rebecca from Manasquan, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since September of 2025. Thirty-five Hyundai 440-watt panels went on the roof that October – 15.4 kW in all, estimated at 19,013 kWh in the first year – on a Unirac rail system. Four hundred and forty watts a panel is what a decade of improvement looks like: the roof area that carried 235-watt modules in 2012 now carries nearly twice the output, which is why a large system no longer has to mean a large roof.
Project Facts
- Location
- Manasquan, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- September 2025
- Panels
- Hyundai Model # HiN-T440NF
- Panels
- 35
- System size
- 15.40 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase IQ8PLUS-72-M-US Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- Unirac
- Estimated first-year production
- 19,013 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 99%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
Solar questions from Manasquan homeowners
Does a solar installation need permits in Manasquan?
Yes. A permanently installed photovoltaic system normally requires construction permits under the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code. A residential project commonly involves electrical review, building and structural review, fire-access considerations and municipal inspections.
Do solar panels produce anything on a cloudy day?
Yes, though normally less than under strong direct sun. Modules convert both direct and diffuse light. It is the reason a solar proposal should be judged on annual production rather than on any promise about what happens on a given day.
Why is annual offset the number that matters?
Because the value of net metering is strongest where solar production offsets electricity the household would otherwise have bought. Producing substantially more than a year's consumption means the surplus is ultimately treated differently from the credit that offsets consumption.