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.

120 completed critter guard projects across 78 New Jersey towns, including 21 with a review written by the customer.

Solar Panel Installation in Franklin Township, NJ | 6.93 kW All-Black Array

Justin from Franklin Township, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since May of 2019. The contract was signed in the middle of May and the array was producing by the seventeenth of July — nine weeks from signature to switch-on. It is 22 all-black Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO 315-watt panels on a SolarEdge inverter, 6.93 kW rated and designed for about 7,466 kilowatt-hours a year. The panels went up with 136 feet of critter guard around them, which closes the sheltered gap underneath before birds or squirrels find it — far cheaper than clearing out a nest and

Solar Panel Installation and Roofing Installation in Berkeley Heights, NJ | Two Layers Off and 21 Panels On

Michael Hartman has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since March of 2019, when the roof and the solar array were bought on the same day. The roof was finished on 11 May 2019 and the array six days later. Two layers off, 2,400 square feet on: This roof had been covered over once already, so two layers of old shingle came off down to the sheathing rather than one. Deck protection went over the exposed sheathing, then a GAF Timberline HDZ system carrying a 50-year warranty and aluminum drip edge along 345 feet of rakes, eaves and valleys.

Solar Panel Installation in Hillsborough, NJ | 8.125 kW Panasonic Array

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

Standby Generator Installation and Solar Panel Installation in Marlboro, NJ | A Well Pump and 35 Solaria Panels

Jonathan in Marlboro has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since July of 2020. The solar array and the standby generator were signed on the same day and commissioned on the same day, 8 October 2020. 35 Solaria panels, 12.775 kW: Thirty-five Solaria 365-watt panels, 12.775 kW in total, on Ecolibrium mounting with a SolarEdge SE10000H inverter and an optimizer on every panel. Estimated first-year production is 17,285 kWh and the utility is JCP&L. Solaria panels are built differently from most of what appears on these roofs. Instead of square cells laid out in a grid with visible silver

Solar Panel Installation and Roofing Installation in Hillsborough, NJ | 43 Panels

Dale Roberts has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since September of 2018, when the roof and the solar array were bought on the same day. The roof was finished on 22 December 2018 and the array in the middle of the following January. 4,800 square feet, stripped to the deck: The old shingles came off down to the sheathing and left with the dumpster. Deck protection went over the exposed sheathing, then a GAF Timberline system carrying a 50-year warranty, aluminum drip edge along 420 feet of rakes, eaves and valleys, and a ridge vent along the peak.

Solar and Panel Removal-Reinstall in West Windsor, NJ | 10.56 kW Since 2018

Dipen from West Windsor, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2018. The array went up that September: 33 Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO 320-watt panels on a SolarEdge inverter, 10.56 kW rated and estimated at 12,874 kilowatt-hours a year, with 342 feet of critter guard closing the sheltered gap beneath the panels. Seven years later the whole array came off and went back on again — the job that lets a roof be dealt with without writing off the panels sitting on top of it, and far cheaper than discovering the problem after the shingles have

Standby Generator Installation and Solar Panel Installation in Belford, NJ | A Small Array, a Full-Size Generator

Jeffrey in Belford has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2018. The array went up that July and the standby generator followed four years later. 14 panels in July 2018: Fourteen Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO 320-watt panels, 4.48 kW in total, on Ecolibrium mounting with a SolarEdge SE3800H inverter and an optimizer on every panel. Estimated first-year production is 5,556 kWh and the utility is JCP&L. This is a modest array by the standards of these pages, and the reason is the roof rather than the ambition. The house is 1,837 square feet; there is only so

Solar Panel Installation in Hampton, NJ | 22.08 kW, Our Largest Array

Brittany from Hampton, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2018. She and Chris signed in the middle of April and the array was producing by the eleventh of July: 69 Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO 320 watt panels on two SolarEdge inverters, 22.08 kW rated and estimated at 24,815 kWh a year, which makes it the largest system we have built. We also fitted 552 feet of critter guard around the array to keep animals out of the gap beneath the panels. Hampton is in Hunterdon County.

Solar Panel Installation in Edison, NJ | 8.51 kW Array with 23 LG Panels

Ming from Edison, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2021. The contract was signed in the middle of April and the array was producing by the eighteenth of May — four weeks from signature to switch-on, among the fastest turnarounds in our records. It is 23 LG 370-watt panels on a SolarEdge inverter, 8.51 kW rated and estimated at 8,733 kilowatt-hours a year. The panels went up with 172 feet of critter guard around them, closing the sheltered gap underneath at install rather than after something has nested in it. Edison is in Middlesex

Solar Panel Installation in Branchburg, NJ | 7.8 kW Array on a SolarEdge Inverter

Leonel from Branchburg, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since May of 2016. The contract was signed at the start of May and the array was producing by the second of August: 30 LG 260-watt panels on a SolarEdge SE7600 inverter with QuickMount racking, 7.8 kW rated and designed for about 8,817 kilowatt-hours a year. The panels went up with 175 feet of critter guard around them, closing the sheltered gap underneath before anything could nest in it — on a system this age that decision has been quietly paying off for nearly a decade. Branchburg is

Standby Generator Installation and Solar Panel Installation in Cranbury, NJ | 13.325 kW Solar & 20 kW Generac

Hubert in Cranbury has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since September of 2019. The solar array and the standby generator were signed on the same day and both were commissioned on the same day, 15 November 2019. 41 panels, and conduit in the attic: Forty-one Panasonic HIT 325-watt panels, 13.325 kW in total, on Ecolibrium mounting with a SolarEdge SE11400H inverter and an optimizer on every panel. Estimated first-year production is 14,903 kWh and the utility is PSE&G. The array is split across more than one roof section, and where the panels are separated the wiring between them

Solar Panel Installation in West Orange, NJ | 8.075 kW Array with Enphase Microinverters

Leonel from West Orange, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since June of 2025. The contract was signed in late June and the system was commissioned by the end of August: 19 Jinko 425-watt panels paired one for one with Enphase IQ8PLUS microinverters. With microinverters each panel reports and produces on its own, so the array is never held to the pace of its weakest module. It is rated 8.075 kW and designed for roughly 8,569 kilowatt-hours in its first year, and it went up with 182 feet of critter guard around it — closing the sheltered