Charlie and Alise from Port Monmouth, NJ have been Green Sun Energy Services clients since April of 2015. Twenty-four LG 300-watt panels went on the roof that June – 7.2 kW in all, estimated at 9,375 kWh in the first year. The array sits on a QuickMount rail-free system, which fastens each panel close to the roof plane instead of lifting it onto rails: fewer roof penetrations, a lower profile from the street, and less exposed hardware to weather in a coastal town.
Project Facts
- Location
- Port Monmouth, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- April 2015
- Panels
- LG Model # 300N1C-G3/35mm
- Panels
- 24
- System size
- 7.20 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase M250-60-2LL-S22 Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- QuickMount
- Estimated first-year production
- 9,375 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 74%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
Solar questions from Port Monmouth homeowners
What is hosting capacity, and can it affect a Port Monmouth property?
Hosting capacity is how much distributed generation a part of the grid can take without affecting safety or reliability. A neighborhood with a lot of existing solar can face interconnection limits even where the individual property is ideal for it -- which is why the utility review is not a formality.
Does production have to match usage every month?
No. New Jersey net metering works over an annualised period rather than month by month, so credits accumulated in high-production months are available during the low-production ones.
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.