Robert from Atlantic Highlands, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since October of 2022. The array was completed in January of 2023: 36 panels making 13.14 kW into a SolarEdge Energy Hub inverter with optimizers, 172 feet of critter guard around the perimeter, and an estimated 18,030 kilowatt hours in the first year. JCP&L interconnected it at the end of the month. The Energy Hub is the inverter designed to take battery storage later without the electrical work being redone, which is worth having on a house this size – a thirteen-kilowatt array generates more than most households use during the day, and storage is what turns the surplus into something available at night. The existing roof was sound enough to take the array as it stood.
Project Facts
- Location
- Atlantic Highlands, NJ
- Services
- Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- October 2022
- Panels
- REC Model # REC-365NP2-Black
- Panels
- 36
- System size
- 13.14 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE10000H-USNBBL14 HD Wave Energy Hub
- Mounting system
- Snap-N-Rack
- Estimated first-year production
- 18,030 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 99%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
- Critter guard fitted
- 172 ft
Solar questions from Atlantic Highlands homeowners
Does solar work well in Atlantic Highlands?
Yes. New Jersey receives more than enough annual sunlight for residential photovoltaic systems to produce substantial electricity. Panels run on light rather than heat, so they keep producing through the winter. What varies from house to house is roof orientation, pitch, shading, system size, equipment and local weather.
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.
Does solar equipment have to be listed?
Yes. Modules, inverters and mounting systems are each subject to product-listing requirements under the applicable standards, and the equipment has to be installed according to that listing and its instructions rather than to general practice.