Linda from River Vale, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2022. The array was completed in August: 47 panels making 16.92 kW into a SolarEdge HD Wave inverter with optimizers, 352 feet of critter guard around the perimeter, and an estimated 17,015 kilowatt hours in the first year. PSEG interconnected it in November. This is the largest residential array on the site by system size, and 352 feet is the longest run of critter guard on any of them – a roof line that takes 47 panels has a great deal of edge, and every foot of it is a gap where squirrels and birds would otherwise nest against the wiring. The existing roof was sound enough to take the array as it stood.
Why Linda chose Green Sun Energy Services
More than solar panels: a professionally managed energy system, from design and permitting through installation, inspection, activation and ongoing support.
What makes Green Sun Energy Services different
- Solar: design and installation supervised by a NABCEP-certified professional (#PVA-111016-016148), with SolarEdge optimizers on every panel so each one reports its own output. On this home: a 16.92 kW solar array of 47 Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO BLK-G10+ 360 panels, a SolarEdge SE7600H-US000NC2 HD Wave inverter, the Snap-N-Rack mounting system and 352 ft of critter guard.
- Warranty: backed by a 15-year solar workmanship warranty.
- Local: locally owned and operated in New Jersey since 2010, NJHIC licensed (#13VH06229000), with completed solar projects across Bergen County and 363 solar projects throughout New Jersey.
Our work in River Vale
River Vale, a township in Bergen County, is served by PSE&G.
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Project Facts
- Location
- River Vale, NJ
- Services
- Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- April 2022
- Manufacturer & model
- Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO BLK-G10+ 360
- Panels
- 47
- System size
- 16.92 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE7600H-US000NC2 HD Wave
- Mounting system
- Snap-N-Rack
- Estimated first-year production
- 17,015 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 75%
- Electric utility
- PSE&G
- Critter guard fitted
- 352 ft
- Workmanship warranty
- 15 years
Solar questions from River Vale homeowners
Are panels designed for the wind near River Vale?
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.
What does the inverter do?
It converts the direct current the panels produce into alternating current the house and the grid can use. Residential systems generally use either a central inverter, with optimizers at the modules where applicable, or a microinverter at each module.
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.