Ryan from Tinton Falls, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since March of 2015. Thirty-two LG 300-watt panels went up that June and the array was interconnected in July, 9.6 kW estimated at 10,379 kWh in the first year. It is split across two roof planes, 7.2 kW on the larger and 2.4 kW on the smaller, on QuickMount rails. That split is the case microinverters suit: each panel converts on its own, so the two orientations can peak at different times of day without either holding the other back.
Project Facts
- Location
- Tinton Falls, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- March 2015
- Panels
- LG Model # 300N1C-G3/35mm
- System size
- 9.60 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase M250-60-2LL-S22 Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- QuickMount
- Estimated first-year production
- 10,379 kWh
"Everything they said was true and accurate. I generated almost a 1000 kWh more than my estimate [in the first year]. The entire year cost me 26 dollars for electric. With the SRECs and the electric savings I should recoup my investment in 4 years."
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you, Ryan. Production modeling is a promise, and the only honest way to make one is to be conservative about it. The 32 LG panels at your home in Tinton Falls sit across two roof planes, which is a harder array to model than a single slope, so beating the first-year estimate is a good result. Glad the figures have held up.
Solar questions from Tinton Falls homeowners
How much does shade from mature Tinton Falls trees affect production?
Shade can materially reduce production, particularly when it falls during the highest-production hours. Module-level electronics such as microinverters and optimizers reduce the effect of partial shading, but they cannot create sunlight where there is none. Significant shade should be modelled before any annual production figure is quoted.
What is a microinverter and why use one per panel?
A microinverter is a small inverter installed at or near an individual module, so each panel converts on its own channel. That gives module-level visibility and limits the effect one underperforming panel has on the others around it.
Can the panels come off and go back on for a new roof?
Yes -- it is commonly called a removal and replacement. The work involves taking off the modules and mounting equipment, protecting the electrical equipment, roofing, fitting new attachments, rewiring, reinstalling, testing and recommissioning. Permitting and utility requirements are reviewed where the configuration changes.