Brittany from Hampton, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2018. She and Chris signed in the middle of April and the array was producing by the eleventh of July: 69 Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO 320 watt panels on two SolarEdge inverters, 22.08 kW rated and estimated at 24,815 kWh a year, which makes it the largest system we have built. We also fitted 552 feet of critter guard around the array to keep animals out of the gap beneath the panels. Hampton is in Hunterdon County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Hampton, NJ
- Services
- Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- April 2018
- Panels
- Hanwha Model # Q.PEAK DUO-G5.320
- Panels
- 69
- System size
- 22.08 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE7600H-US000NC2
- Mounting system
- Ecolibrium Solar
- Estimated first-year production
- 24,815 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 69%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
- Critter guard fitted
- 552 ft
Solar questions from Hampton homeowners
How much does shade from mature Hampton 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.
How does an optimizer system differ from microinverters?
An optimizer system puts DC power optimizers at the modules and a single central inverter elsewhere; a microinverter system puts a small inverter at each module. Both can provide module-level monitoring and rapid shutdown when properly designed -- they are different architectures rather than one being the upgrade of the other.
Does a bigger array always produce more?
Generally yes when everything else is equal, but size alone does not decide annual production. A smaller unshaded south-facing array can outproduce a larger one that is shaded or poorly oriented. Azimuth, tilt, shading, inverter efficiency and module characteristics all bear on it.