Rob from Brick, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since March of 2022. Twenty-one Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO 360-watt panels went on the roof that June – 7.56 kW in all, estimated at 8,604 kWh in the first year – on a Snap-N-Rack rail-free system. These are the all-black modules, black frame and black backsheet, and at twenty-one panels the array reads as one dark rectangle of roof rather than a grid of silver lines.
Project Facts
- Location
- Brick, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- March 2022
- Panels
- Hanwha Model # Q.PEAK DUO BLK-G10+ 360
- Panels
- 21
- System size
- 7.56 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE7600H-US000NNC2 HD Wave
- Mounting system
- Snap-N-Rack
- Estimated first-year production
- 8,604 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 97%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
Solar questions from Brick homeowners
Are panels designed for the wind near Brick?
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.
Which utility handles interconnection in Brick?
The electric distribution company that serves the property. In New Jersey that is Jersey Central Power & Light, PSE&G, Atlantic City Electric or Rockland Electric depending on the address, and municipal electric systems can have their own requirements.
Which direction should the panels face?
South-facing roof planes generally give excellent annual production, but east and west can be very productive too. The design should compare the modelled annual production of each available plane rather than rejecting anything that is not due south.