David from Manchester, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2018. The array was completed that month: 28 panels making 8.68 kW into a SolarEdge HD Wave inverter with optimizers, and an estimated 9,970 kilowatt hours in the first year. JCP&L interconnected the system in September. Manchester sits inland in Ocean County, well away from the salt air, which is the easier environment for an array to spend twenty-five years in – the panels and the racking see freeze and thaw and summer heat, but not the constant corrosion a shore roof deals with. Eight years on, the system is still producing.
Project Facts
- Location
- Manchester, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- August 2018
- Panels
- Hanwha Model # Q.PEAK DUO BLK-G5.1 310
- Panels
- 28
- System size
- 8.68 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE7600H-US000NNC2
- Mounting system
- Ecolibrium Solar
- Estimated first-year production
- 9,970 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 83%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
Solar questions from Manchester homeowners
How does residential solar work on a Manchester home?
The panels convert sunlight into direct-current electricity, and an inverter or microinverters convert that into alternating current the house can use. When the array produces more than the house is drawing, the surplus flows out through the utility meter under New Jersey's net-metering rules. When the house needs more than the array is making, the difference comes from the utility.
Do unused credits carry from month to month?
Yes. Eligible excess kWh credits generally carry through the customer's annualised net-metering period, which is what allows strong spring and summer production to offset consumption in the darker months.
Can the utility turn a solar system down?
Yes -- approval is not automatic. A system can need modification or further review because of its size, transformer limitations, the condition of the circuit, protection requirements, the service configuration or the grid's hosting capacity.