Rebecca from Midland Park, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since October of 2019. The array was finished on the last day of that year: 19 panels making 6.65 kW into a SolarEdge HD Wave inverter, with an optimizer on each panel and a 25-year warranty covering both, and 102 feet of critter guard around the perimeter. The design estimates 7,653 kilowatt hours in the first year, and PSEG interconnected the system in February of 2020. The existing roof was sound enough to build on, so the work stayed with the array – which is the outcome to hope for, since a roof that needs replacing first turns one project into two.
Project Facts
- Location
- Midland Park, NJ
- Services
- Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- October 2019
- Panels
- LG Model # 350N1C-V5
- Panels
- 19
- System size
- 6.65 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE5000H-US000NNC2 HD Wave
- Mounting system
- Unirac
- Estimated first-year production
- 7,653 kWh
- Electric utility
- PSE&G
- Critter guard fitted
- 102 ft
Solar questions from Midland Park homeowners
What is hosting capacity, and can it affect a Midland Park property?
Hosting capacity is how much distributed generation a part of the grid can take without affecting safety or reliability. A neighborhood with a lot of existing solar can face interconnection limits even where the individual property is ideal for it -- which is why the utility review is not a formality.
Can future electricity use be counted when sizing the array?
Potentially, particularly where the household expects documented new loads such as an EV, a heat pump or another electrification project. The utility's interconnection requirements decide what documentation and load assumptions are acceptable, so an installer should not simply oversize the system and hope for approval.
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.