No two roofs are the same. The pitch, the shade from the tree next door, the direction the house faces and what the family actually uses through the year all change what belongs up there. These are solar arrays we designed and installed across New Jersey, and each one names the panels, the inverter and the size of the system along with the town it is in. Real jobs on real houses, photographed where we had the chance.

321 completed solar projects across 139 New Jersey towns, including 76 with a review written by the customer.

Solar Panel Installation in Matawan, NJ | 5 kW Array with 20 Trina Panels

Ronald from Matawan, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since January of 2014. He signed in the middle of January and the array was producing by the ninth of April, 20 Trina 250 watt panels on Enphase M215 microinverters with Zep II mounting. At 5 kW it was designed for about 5,468 kWh a year. A microinverter behind each panel means one shaded module slows itself rather than the whole string. Matawan is in Monmouth County.

Standby Generator Installation and Solar Panel Installation in Leonardo, NJ | 32 Panels Eighteen Months After the Generator

Odete in Leonardo has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since December of 2013. The standby generator was commissioned in February 2014 and the solar array eighteen months after that. A 17 kW machine in February 2014: The machine is a Generac 17 kW, model 6243, delivering 16 kW on natural gas, which is what this house runs on, behind a 200-amp service-rated transfer switch with two power management modules. The house is 2,672 square feet and its electrical calculation comes to 15,734 watts. Three thousand watts of air conditioning is managed while the generator is running, leaving 12,734

Solar Panel Installation in Marlboro, NJ | 4.9 kW Array with 20 Trina Panels

Joshua from Marlboro, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2013. He signed at the end of August and the array was producing by the first of February, 20 Trina 245 watt panels on Enphase M215 microinverters with Zep II mounting. At 4.9 kW it was designed for about 5,924 kWh a year, a system sized to the roof and the electricity bill rather than to whatever would fit. Marlboro is in Monmouth County.

Standby Generator and Solar Installation in Hillsborough, NJ | Four Load Managers and 36 Panels

Alan and Marcy in Hillsborough have been Green Sun Energy Services clients since March of 2013. The standby generator was commissioned that June and the solar array the following May. A 17 kW machine in June 2013: The machine is a Generac 17 kW, model 6053-0, delivering 16 kW on natural gas, which is what this 3,000 square foot house runs on, behind a service-rated transfer switch. What makes it worth writing up is what sits alongside it: four digital load managers. In 2013 that was an unusual amount of load management on a residential installation, and it is the

Solar Panel Installation in Passaic, NJ | A Commercial 5.88 kW Array

48 Main Avenue LLC in Passaic, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since February of 2013. The array went up on the building over that year and was producing by the end of September, 24 ET 245 watt panels on Enphase M215 microinverters with Zep II mounting and an SREC meter. At 5.88 kW it was designed for about 5,897 kWh a year. On a commercial roof the metering matters as much as the panels, because the SRECs are part of the return. Passaic is in Passaic County.

Solar Panel Installation in Boonton, NJ | 8.82 kW All-Black Array with 36 Panels

Doreen from Boonton, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2012. The array was producing by the end of November, 36 all-black Canadian Solar 245 watt mono-crystalline panels on Enphase M215 microinverters with Zep II mounting and a GE production meter. At 8.82 kW it was designed for about 8,926 kWh a year. All-black modules were a deliberate and less common choice in 2012. Boonton is in Morris County, at the northern reach of where we install.

Solar Panel Installation in Toms River, NJ | 5.88 kW All-Black Array with 24 Panels

Linda from Toms River, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since September of 2012. She and Chrissy signed at the start of September and the array was producing by the second week of December, 24 all-black Canadian Solar 245 watt panels on Enphase M215 microinverters with Zep II mounting and a GE production meter. At 5.88 kW it was designed for about 6,414 kWh a year. Toms River is in Ocean County, where a 2012 array has weathered a fair few storms since.

Solar Panel Installation in Bayville, NJ | 4.4 kW Array with 16 LG Panels

Anthony from Bayville, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2014. He signed at the end of August and the array was producing by the middle of November, 16 LG 275 watt panels on Enphase M250 microinverters with QuickMount racking and an array skirt. At 4.4 kW it is a compact system designed for about 5,215 kWh a year, sized to the roof it sits on. Bayville is in Ocean County, a few minutes from Barnegat Bay.

Solar Panel Installation in Tinton Falls, NJ | 12.455 kW Array with 53 Canadian Solar Panels

Joseph from Tinton Falls, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since May of 2012. He and Tara signed that May and the array was producing by the first week of October, 53 black-framed Canadian Solar 235 watt panels on Enphase M215 microinverters with Zep II mounting and a standard ANSI SREC meter. At 12.455 kW it was one of the larger residential systems on our books at the time, designed for about 14,681 kWh a year. Fourteen years on, it is still producing. Tinton Falls is in Monmouth County.

Solar Panel Installation in Lincroft, NJ | 4.5 kW Array Sized to the Roof

Dan from Lincroft, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2014. He and Alexis signed in late April and the array was producing by the first week of July. At 4.5 kW it is one of the smaller systems we have built, designed for about 5,482 kWh a year, and that is the point: a system should be sized to the roof and the electric bill rather than to whatever will physically fit. Lincroft is in Monmouth County.

Solar Panel Installation in Piscataway, NJ | 6.58 kW Array with Enphase Microinverters

Kiran from Piscataway, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since December of 2011. He signed just before Christmas and the array was producing by the end of the following June, 6.58 kW on Enphase M215 microinverters with Zep mounting and revenue-grade ANSI metering, designed for about 7,972 kWh a year. Microinverters were the less common choice in 2011 and have aged better than the alternative. Piscataway is in Middlesex County.

Solar Panel Installation in Lawrenceville, NJ | 6.11 kW Array with Canadian Solar Panels

Vinay from Lawrenceville, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since December of 2011. He and Anitha signed just before Christmas and the array was producing by May, 6.11 kW of Canadian Solar panels on Enphase M215 microinverters with Zep mounting and revenue-grade ANSI metering, designed for about 7,430 kWh a year. Fourteen years on, the microinverters are still reporting panel by panel. Lawrenceville is in Mercer County.