David and Dana from Monroe Township, NJ have been Green Sun Energy Services clients since November of 2016. The array was commissioned in January of 2017.
Thirty LG 300N1K-G4 panels in the all-black finish, 9 kW in total, on QuickMount mounting with a SolarEdge inverter and P320 optimizers. The design estimate is 10,611 kWh in the first year. The all-black module is chosen for how it reads from the street rather than for what it produces: black frame, black backsheet, and a roof that looks like one surface instead of a grid of silver rectangles.
Project Facts
- Location
- Monroe Township, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- November 2016
- Panels
- LG Model # 300N1K-G4/All Black
- Panels
- 30
- System size
- 9.00 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE7600A-US000NNR2 (25Y) W/ P320 Optimizers HD Wave
- Mounting system
- QuickMount
- Estimated first-year production
- 10,611 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 98%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
Solar questions from Monroe Township homeowners
How does residential solar work on a Monroe Township 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 more solar be installed than the house uses?
New Jersey's net-metering rules generally limit a residential customer's generating capacity by reference to the electricity supplied to that customer over an annualised period. The programme is designed to offset a household's own consumption rather than turn it into a wholesale generator. Documented future loads can sometimes be relevant under the utility's procedures.
Which building code applies to rooftop solar?
For applicable one- and two-family dwellings New Jersey adopts the 2024 International Residential Code. Its solar provisions cover structural loads, rooftop systems, roof penetrations, fire classification, roof access and pathways.