Cid from Union Beach, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since September of 2016. Twenty-five Hyundai 280-watt panels went up that November – 7 kW in all, estimated at 7,991 kWh in the first year – on a QuickMount rail-free system. Rail-free fastens each panel close to the roof plane instead of raising it onto a run of rails: a lower profile, fewer components on the roof, and less exposed hardware to weather, which counts for more in a bayfront town than it does inland.
Project Facts
- Location
- Union Beach, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- September 2016
- Panels
- Hyundai Model # HIS-S280RG-BF
- Panels
- 25
- System size
- 7.00 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE6000A-US000NNR2 Inverter (25Y) W P320 HD Wave
- Mounting system
- QuickMount
- Estimated first-year production
- 7,991 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 93%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
Solar questions from Union Beach homeowners
How much does shade from mature Union Beach trees affect production?
Shade can materially reduce production, particularly when it falls during the highest-production hours. Module-level electronics such as microinverters and optimizers reduce the effect of partial shading, but they cannot create sunlight where there is none. Significant shade should be modelled before any annual production figure is quoted.
What does the inverter do?
It converts the direct current the panels produce into alternating current the house and the grid can use. Residential systems generally use either a central inverter, with optimizers at the modules where applicable, or a microinverter at each module.
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.