David from Basking Ridge, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2024. Twenty-nine REC 460-watt panels went up that November, 13.34 kW on Snap-N-Rack mounting with a SolarEdge HD Wave inverter, estimated to produce 9,837 kWh in the first year. Two hundred feet of critter guard was fitted around the array at the same time. Most solar owners never think about the gap beneath the panels until something has moved into it, and closing it during the installation is a great deal simpler than clearing a nest out afterwards.
Project Facts
- Location
- Basking Ridge, NJ
- Services
- Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- August 2024
- Panels
- REC Model # 460AA-PURE-RX-DC
- Panels
- 29
- System size
- 13.34 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE10000H-USNBBL14 HD Wave Energy Hub
- Mounting system
- Snap-N-Rack
- Estimated first-year production
- 9,837 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 69%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
- Critter guard fitted
- 200 ft
Solar questions from Basking Ridge homeowners
What is an SREC-II?
A New Jersey solar renewable-energy certificate created for qualifying projects under the Successor Solar Incentive programme. A qualifying system earns one SREC-II for each megawatt-hour -- a thousand kilowatt-hours -- of eligible solar electricity it generates.
What happens to production in winter?
Panels keep producing, but shorter days normally mean lower monthly output than spring and summer. Cold modules actually operate efficiently; what reduces winter production is day length, sun angle, cloud, snow cover and shading. A properly designed system models production across the whole year rather than a good month.
How is the number of panels for a Basking Ridge house decided?
It starts with the home's actual electricity use, then with how much usable roof or ground area there is. A proper design looks at twelve months of consumption, expected future use, roof orientation, shading, roof dimensions, code-required setbacks, module wattage and the limits the utility places on interconnection.