Turner from Middletown, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since June of 2025. Nineteen Jinko 425-watt panels went up that August – 8.075 kW in all, estimated at 9,397 kWh in the first year – on an IronRidge rail system. The array also carries 180 linear feet of critter guard around its perimeter. That is the mesh that closes the gap between the panels and the roof, which is otherwise where squirrels and nesting birds get in and start on the wiring.
Project Facts
- Location
- Middletown, NJ
- Services
- Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- June 2025
- Panels
- Jinko Model # JKM425N-54HL4R-B
- Panels
- 19
- System size
- 8.08 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase IQ8PLUS-72-M-US Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- IronRidge
- Estimated first-year production
- 9,397 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 99%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
- Critter guard fitted
- 180 ft
Solar questions from Middletown homeowners
Does Middletown decide whether the installation is code-compliant?
The municipal construction department reviews and inspects the work under the Uniform Construction Code, but the substantive electrical requirements come from the statewide Electrical Subcode rather than from local preference. Municipalities may also administer zoning requirements where those apply.
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.
What is a microinverter and why use one per panel?
A microinverter is a small inverter installed at or near an individual module, so each panel converts on its own channel. That gives module-level visibility and limits the effect one underperforming panel has on the others around it.