Igor from Monroe Township, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2021. The array is 10.8 kW – 27 Hanwha Q CELLS 400-watt black-frame panels on an Ecolibrium Solar mounting system – and it was finished in December of 2021. First-year production was estimated at 12,018 kWh. Four hundred watts a panel is what let a ten-kilowatt array fit on twenty-seven modules; a decade earlier the same output would have needed more than forty and the roof to put them on.
Project Facts
- Location
- Monroe Township, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- August 2021
- Panels
- Hanwha Model # QCELL Q.PEAK DUO BLK ML G10+ 400
- Panels
- 27
- System size
- 10.80 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE10000H-US000NNC2
- Mounting system
- Ecolibrium Solar
- Estimated first-year production
- 12,018 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 76%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
Solar questions from Monroe Township homeowners
How is the number of panels for a Monroe Township 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.
Why is annual offset the number that matters?
Because the value of net metering is strongest where solar production offsets electricity the household would otherwise have bought. Producing substantially more than a year's consumption means the surplus is ultimately treated differently from the credit that offsets consumption.
What is the difference between a lease and a power purchase agreement?
Under a lease the customer generally pays an agreed periodic amount for the use of the system; under a power purchase agreement the customer generally pays for the electricity the system produces. Both normally involve third-party ownership, and terms vary considerably between providers.