Innovative Vascular Health Group in Hazlet, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since December of 2015. This is the tenant array at 966 Route 36, a companion to the owner system on the same building, and both were commissioned on the same day at the end of February. It is 23 all-black Hanwha 260 watt panels on Enphase M215 microinverters held by S-5! clamps, so nothing penetrates the standing-seam roof. At 5.98 kW it was designed for about 7,313 kWh a year. Hazlet is in Monmouth County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Hazlet, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- December 2015
- Panels
- Hyundai Model # HIS-S260BK
- Panels
- 23
- System size
- 5.98 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase M215-60-2LL-S22-IG Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- S-5!
- Estimated first-year production
- 7,313 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 66%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
Solar questions from Hazlet homeowners
How does residential solar work on a Hazlet 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.
Are all mounting systems much the same?
No. They differ substantially in attachment method, waterproofing, rail design, materials, wind rating and installation requirements. Residential systems should use appropriately listed components installed to the manufacturer's instructions, and the residential code requires rooftop mounting and structural systems to satisfy the applicable structural and listing requirements.
What happens when the panels make more than the house is using?
The surplus flows out through the meter to the grid and creates a net-metering credit, which can offset electricity drawn from the grid at another point in the billing period or later in the annualised period.