Squirrels and birds get into the gap between the panels and the roof, and most people find out the hard way: chewed wiring, staining down the shingles, or a system that has quietly stopped producing. Critter guard closes that gap with a mesh barrier clipped around the array. These are New Jersey homes where we fitted it, some on the day the panels went up and others years later, after something had already moved in.

119 completed critter guard projects across 78 New Jersey towns, including 20 with a review written by the customer.

33-panel 15.18 kW solar array in Chesterfield, NJ

Solar Panel Installation and Standby Generator Installation in Chesterfield, NJ | 15.18 kW and 22 kW

Joe from Chesterfield, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since July of 2024. Both jobs were signed on the same day in July and both were finished within a week of each other in September. A 22 kW standby generator: A Generac 7042-2 rated 22 kW on propane and 19.5 kW on natural gas, running on natural gas, on a 200-amp transfer switch, commissioned in September of 2024. The house is about 3,200 square feet and the switch carries the whole panel. The machine reports to remote monitoring between service visits. 15.18 kW of solar: Thirty-three REC […]

21-panel 7.77 kW solar array in East Brunswick, NJ

Solar, Roofing and EV Charger Installation in East Brunswick, NJ | 21 Panels and a Charger, 121 Amps on a 100-Amp Service

Michael from East Brunswick, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since May of 2022, and came back for a car charger three years later. The roof and the array were really one project carried out in two visits twelve days apart. The charger, in 2025, is the one with something to teach. 2,900 square feet of new roof: Finished on 25 July 2022: a single layer stripped to the sheathing and carted away rather than covered over, then 2,900 square feet of composition shingle in charcoal, warranted fifty years, with screened aluminum soffit vents at the intake.

36-panel 12.06 kW solar array in Middletown, NJ

Roof, Solar, Generator and Seasonal Services in Middletown, NJ | Six Projects Since 2019

Judith from Middletown, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2019. Three contracts were signed on the same day that August and three crews came through before the year was out; she has been back twice since, for work of a completely different kind. A new roof, two layers off, and 192 feet of gutters: Two layers came off down to the plywood rather than a third going on over them – the right call whenever solar is following, because nobody wants to find soft decking after the panels are already up. Two thousand five

20-panel 6.4 kW solar array in Lanoka Harbor, NJ

Solar Panel Installation in Lanoka Harbor, NJ | 6.4 kW and 88 Feet of Critter Guard

Catherine and Tim from Lanoka Harbor, NJ have been Green Sun Energy Services clients since April of 2019. The array is 6.4 kW – 20 LG 320-watt panels on a QuickMount mounting system – and it was finished in May of 2019. First-year production was estimated at 7,501 kWh. The job took in 88 feet of critter guard around the perimeter, which on a bayside street is worth doing at install: the gap under an array is warm, dry and sheltered, and the wiring is what gets chewed once something moves in.

30-panel 11.1 kW solar array in Holmdel, NJ

Solar Panel Installation and Roofing in Holmdel, NJ | A New Roof, Then 11.1 kW

Jennie from Holmdel, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2022. The roof and the array were bought together and built in the right order – the roof first, then the panels onto it. A new roof: About 3,200 square feet of GAF Timberline Lifetime shingle, stripped and replaced in June of 2022, taking in 349 feet of rakes, eaves and valleys. Those are the edges and the water channels, and they are where the ice-and-water membrane has to go. 11.1 kW of solar: Thirty REC 370-watt panels on a Snap-N-Rack mounting system, finished in

16 kW Generac standby generator in Hazlet, NJ

Standby Generator and Solar Panel Installation in Hazlet, NJ | 16 kW in March, 25 Panels in April

Alice and Frank from Hazlet, NJ have been Green Sun Energy Services clients since February of 2018. Two jobs booked together and installed five weeks apart. A 16 kW standby generator: Commissioned in March of 2018, on natural gas, behind a 200-amp transfer switch covering the whole service. The load survey put the house at 1,877 square feet. 8.375 kW of solar: Twenty-five LG 335N1C-A5 panels followed in April, on Ecolibrium mounting with a SolarEdge inverter. The design estimate is 11,049 kWh in the first year. 344 feet of critter guard: Three hundred and forty-four feet is a long run

28-panel 9.38 kW solar array in Little Egg Harbor, NJ

Solar Panel Installation in Little Egg Harbor, NJ | 28 Panels and 9.38 kW

Mary from Little Egg Harbor, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2019. The array was completed on 31 May: 28 panels making 9.38 kW into a SolarEdge HD Wave inverter with optimizers, 90 feet of critter guard around the perimeter, and an estimated 12,000 kilowatt hours in the first year. Atlantic City Electric interconnected it in August. A structural design was carried out as part of the permit process, which is worth doing properly on a barrier-island street: a roof taking an array of this size in a coastal wind zone has to be

36-panel 12.24 kW solar array in East Windsor, NJ

A New Roof and 36 Panels in East Windsor, NJ

Scott Kahrs has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since July of 2020, when the roof and the solar array were bought on the same day. The roof was finished on 19 September 2020 and the array a month later. 3,500 square feet, stripped to the deck: A single layer of old shingles came off to the sheathing and left with the dumpster. Deck protection went over the exposed sheathing, then a GAF Timberline HDZ system in Charcoal carrying a 50-year warranty, aluminum drip edge along 368 feet of rakes, eaves and valleys, and a ridge vent along the

16-panel 6.48 kW solar array in Keyport, NJ

Solar Panel Installation in Keyport, NJ | 16 Panels and 107 Feet of Critter Guard

Joe from Keyport, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since December of 2023. The array was completed in March of 2024: 16 panels making 6.48 kW into a SolarEdge HD Wave inverter with optimizers, and an estimated 8,330 kilowatt hours in the first year. JCP&L interconnected it in May. 107 feet of critter guard went around the perimeter, which matters more on a smaller array than people expect – squirrels and birds nest in the gap between panels and roof, and the damage they do to wiring is not visible from the ground until production drops. The

28-panel 9.52 kW solar array in Freehold, NJ

A New Roof and 28 Panels in Freehold, NJ

Norman Chen has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2020, when the roof and the solar array were bought on the same day. The roof was replaced first and the panels went on after it, both in September of that year. 5,000 square feet, stripped to the deck: A single layer of old shingles came off down to the sheathing and left with the dumpster. Deck protection went over the exposed sheathing, then a GAF Timberline HDZ system carrying a 50-year warranty, aluminum drip edge along 395 feet of rakes, eaves and valleys, and a ridge

31-panel 11.32 kW solar array in Colts Neck, NJ

Solar Panel Installation in Colts Neck, NJ | 11.3 kW Rooftop Solar System

Scott from Colts Neck, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since September of 2018, and that October we completed an 11.3 kW solar array at his home, estimated to produce about 15,000 kilowatt-hours in its first year — a substantial share of what a typical household uses. We also fitted 114 feet of critter guard around the panels, closing the gap underneath where animals otherwise nest. The array was sized to cover a substantial share of the household’s yearly use, and there is nothing on the roof for the owner to operate or maintain — which is

26-panel 8.71 kW solar array in Atlantic Highlands, NJ

Solar Panel Installation in Atlantic Highlands, NJ | 8.71 kW Array, 26 Hanwha Panels

Blake from Atlantic Highlands, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since November of 2019. The contract was signed that November and the array went live in January of 2020: 26 Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO panels on a SolarEdge HD Wave inverter, 8.71 kW rated and designed for about 8,771 kilowatt-hours a year. Winter is an unglamorous time to commission a system, but it means the first full spring is already earning. The panels went up with 164 feet of critter guard around them — this close to the bay there is no shortage of birds hunting for a