Marilyn from Monroe Township, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2022. Sixty-two Hanwha Q.PEAK DUO 360-watt panels went on the roof that June – 22.32 kW in all, estimated at 24,321 kWh in the first year. Sixty-two panels is a large residential array, and it is all-black hardware on a Snap-N-Rack rail-free system, so it sits as one dark plane on the roof rather than sixty-two separate objects catching the light differently.
Project Facts
- Location
- Monroe Township, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- April 2022
- Panels
- Hanwha Model # Q.PEAK DUO BLK-G10+ 360
- Panels
- 62
- System size
- 22.32 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE11400H-US000NNC2 HD Wave
- Mounting system
- Snap-N-Rack
- Estimated first-year production
- 24,321 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 99%
- 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.
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.
Does solar add value to a home?
Owned solar can contribute value, though the effect depends on the property, the market, the age of the system, the electricity it displaces and how it is owned. An owned system is generally an asset associated with the property; a leased one is governed by a continuing contract, and the two should not be treated as the same thing.