Leonel from West Orange, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since June of 2025. The contract was signed in late June and the system was commissioned by the end of August: 19 Jinko 425-watt panels paired one for one with Enphase IQ8PLUS microinverters. With microinverters each panel reports and produces on its own, so the array is never held to the pace of its weakest module. It is rated 8.075 kW and designed for roughly 8,569 kilowatt-hours in its first year, and it went up with 182 feet of critter guard around it — closing the sheltered gap beneath the panels at install, before anything has the chance to move in. West Orange is in Essex County, at the northern end of where we work.
Project Facts
- Location
- West Orange, NJ
- Services
- Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- June 2025
- Panels
- Jinko Model # JKM425N-54HL4R-B
- Panels
- 19
- System size
- 8.08 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase IQ8PLUS-72-M-US Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- IronRidge
- Estimated first-year production
- 8,569 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 88%
- Electric utility
- PSE&G
- Critter guard fitted
- 182 ft
Solar questions from West Orange homeowners
How much does shade from mature West Orange 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.
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.
How are the roof penetrations waterproofed?
Penetrations have to be flashed and sealed by a method appropriate to the roofing material and the mounting system -- the residential code's solar provisions require it specifically. It is the detail that decides whether an array is a twenty-five-year installation or a future leak.