David from Kenilworth, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since June of 2019. The array was commissioned that August: 19 all-black Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO panels on a SolarEdge HD Wave inverter, 5.985 kW rated and designed for about 8,486 kilowatt-hours a year. It went up with 112 feet of critter guard fitted around the perimeter, closing the sheltered gap between the panels and the roof before anything could nest in it. Nineteen panels is a compact array by our standards, sized to the roof and to what the household actually uses rather than to the largest number that would fit — which is the difference between a system that pays for itself and one that oversupplies a meter.
Project Facts
- Location
- Kenilworth, NJ
- Services
- Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- June 2019
- Panels
- Hanwha Model # Q.PEAK DUO BLK-G5.1 315
- Panels
- 19
- System size
- 5.99 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE5000H-US000NNC2
- Mounting system
- Ecolibrium Solar
- Estimated first-year production
- 8,486 kWh
- Electric utility
- PSE&G
- Critter guard fitted
- 112 ft
Solar questions from Kenilworth homeowners
How does residential solar work on a Kenilworth 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.
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.
What is net metering?
It lets an eligible New Jersey solar customer receive kWh credit for eligible excess solar electricity exported to the grid, up to the amount consumed over the applicable annualised period. The utility meter tracks energy delivered to the property and energy received from it.