Julie from Jackson, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since February of 2015. She and Michael signed at the end of February and the array was producing by the middle of August, 49 LG 300 watt panels on Enphase M250 microinverters with QuickMount racking. At 14.7 kW it was designed for about 15,687 kWh a year, and it is one of the largest residential arrays we have built. A second system went on the apartment at the same property. Jackson is in Ocean County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Jackson, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- February 2015
- Panels
- LG Model # 300N1C-G3/35mm
- Panels
- 49
- System size
- 14.70 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase M250-60-2LL-S22 Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- QuickMount
- Estimated first-year production
- 15,687 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 93%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
Solar questions from Jackson homeowners
How does residential solar work on a Jackson 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.
Can the system be switched on before the utility approves it?
A grid-connected system should not be placed into normal parallel operation until the utility has issued the required authorisation. Running it beforehand can breach the interconnection agreement and the utility's requirements.
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.