Kenneth from Southampton Township, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2017. He and Wendy signed in the middle of April and the array was producing by the fourth of June, seven weeks, 47 all-black Hanwha 290 watt panels on a SolarEdge inverter with optimizers and revenue-grade ANSI metering. At 13.63 kW it was designed for about 17,234 kWh a year, the highest first-year estimate in our records. Southampton Township is in Burlington County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Southampton Township, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- April 2017
- Panels
- Hanwha Model # Q.PEAK BLK-G4.290/32mm
- Panels
- 47
- System size
- 13.63 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE11400A-US000NNR2 HD Wave
- Mounting system
- Ecolibrium Solar
- Estimated first-year production
- 17,234 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 100%
- Electric utility
- PSE&G
Solar questions from Southampton Township homeowners
Can the utility require upgrades before approving a system?
Yes. Some interconnections require utility-system modifications -- transformer capacity, voltage, protection equipment, secondary conductors, service equipment or other distribution work. Who bears the cost depends on the applicable interconnection rules and the utility's determination.
Should trees be cut down before installing solar?
Only where the production benefit justifies it and doing so is legally and environmentally appropriate. A good installer quantifies what a particular tree costs in production rather than recommending removal as a matter of course. Ownership of the tree, municipal tree ordinances, neighbors' trees and regrowth all come into it.
How does residential solar work on a Southampton 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.