Marc from Mantua, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since September of 2025. The array was completed on 20 November: 26 panels making 11.18 kW, each with its own Enphase IQ8PLUS microinverter, and an estimated 13,282 kilowatt hours in the first year. Atlantic City Electric interconnected it in January. Mantua sits in Gloucester County, well south and west of most of this list – the far end of the territory, and a reminder that the sun does not stop at the county line. A structural design was carried out as part of the permit process, and the existing roof was sound enough to take the array as it stood.
Project Facts
- Location
- Mantua, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- September 2025
- Panels
- Jinko Model # JKM430N-54HL4R-B
- Panels
- 26
- System size
- 11.18 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase IQ8PLUS-72-M-US Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- Unirac
- Estimated first-year production
- 13,282 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 99%
- Electric utility
- Atlantic City Electric
Solar questions from Mantua homeowners
Does production have to match usage every month?
No. New Jersey net metering works over an annualised period rather than month by month, so credits accumulated in high-production months are available during the low-production ones.
Are panels designed for the wind near Mantua?
Yes. The array and its mounting system have to be designed to resist the applicable wind loads, and coastal and exposed locations can carry different wind-design conditions from sheltered inland ones. It is one of the reasons the mounting system and its engineering are chosen for the site rather than by habit.
Does a third-party electricity supplier prevent going solar?
Not necessarily. New Jersey's net-metering rules contemplate customers taking supply through Basic Generation Service or a third-party supplier, though billing arrangements can differ. The supplier contract is worth reading, particularly on exported energy and the annual true-up.