Bruce from Cherry Hill, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since July of 2016. He signed in early July and the array was producing by the twenty-fourth of September, 30 Suniva 280 watt panels on a SolarEdge inverter with optimizers and revenue-grade ANSI metering. At 8.4 kW it was designed for about 8,576 kWh a year. Suniva built its cells in Georgia, which mattered to buyers who wanted American-made. Cherry Hill is in Camden County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Cherry Hill, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- July 2016
- Panels
- Soniva Model # OPT280-60-4-1B0/All Black
- Panels
- 30
- System size
- 8.40 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE7600A-US000NNR2 (25Y) W/ P320 Optimizers HD Wave
- Mounting system
- QuickMount
- Estimated first-year production
- 8,576 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 98%
- Electric utility
- PSE&G
Solar questions from Cherry Hill homeowners
How is the number of panels for a Cherry Hill house decided?
It starts with the home's actual electricity use, then with how much usable roof or ground area there is. A proper design looks at twelve months of consumption, expected future use, roof orientation, shading, roof dimensions, code-required setbacks, module wattage and the limits the utility places on interconnection.
Should trees be cut down before installing solar?
Only where the production benefit justifies it and doing so is legally and environmentally appropriate. A good installer quantifies what a particular tree costs in production rather than recommending removal as a matter of course. Ownership of the tree, municipal tree ordinances, neighbors' trees and regrowth all come into it.
What is panel efficiency?
How effectively a module turns the sunlight striking its surface into electrical power. Higher efficiency fits more generating capacity into a limited area, which matters most on houses where the usable roof is the constraint rather than the budget.