Francis from Hillsborough, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since May of 2019. He and Beena signed in early May and the array was producing by the twenty-second of July, 19 Panasonic 325 watt panels on a SolarEdge inverter, 6.175 kW rated and estimated at 7,802 kWh a year. The following summer we came back to fit black PVC-coated critter guard around the array, which keeps squirrels and birds out of the gap beneath the panels. Hillsborough is in Somerset County.
Why Francis 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 6.175 kW solar array of 19 Panasonic VBHN325KA03 panels, a SolarEdge SE5000H-US000NNC2 HD Wave inverter, the Ecolibrium Solar mounting system and 150 ft of critter guard.
- Warranty: backed by a 25-year solar workmanship warranty.
- Local: locally owned and operated in New Jersey since 2010, NJHIC licensed (#13VH06229000), with 27 completed solar projects across Somerset County and 361 solar projects throughout New Jersey.
Our work in Hillsborough
Green Sun Energy Services has completed 8 featured solar projects in Hillsborough. Hillsborough, a township in Somerset County, is served partly by JCP&L and partly by PSE&G.
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Project Facts
- Location
- Hillsborough, NJ
- Services
- Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- May 2019
- Manufacturer & model
- Panasonic VBHN325KA03
- Panels
- 19
- System size
- 6.18 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE5000H-US000NNC2 HD Wave
- Mounting system
- Ecolibrium Solar
- Estimated first-year production
- 7,802 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 99%
- Electric utility
- PSE&G
- Critter guard fitted
- 150 ft
- Workmanship warranty
- 25 years
Solar questions from Hillsborough homeowners
Does Hillsborough decide whether the installation is code-compliant?
The municipal construction department reviews and inspects the work under the Uniform Construction Code, but the substantive electrical requirements come from the statewide Electrical Subcode rather than from local preference. Municipalities may also administer zoning requirements where those apply.
What does a 460-watt panel mean?
It is rated to produce up to about 460 watts under standardised laboratory conditions. Twenty-five of them make 11.5 kW DC; twenty-six make 11.96 kW. The panel count and the wattage should multiply out to the DC system size stated in the proposal -- if they do not, something has been rounded that should not have been.
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.