Roque from Williamstown, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since May of 2014. He and Mariana signed in the middle of May and the array was producing by the ninth of August, 33 Trina 250 watt panels on Enphase M215 microinverters with Zep II mounting. At 8.25 kW it was designed for about 9,308 kWh a year. Williamstown is in Gloucester County, the furthest south we have taken a solar crew.
Project Facts
- Location
- Williamstown, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- May 2014
- Panels
- Trina Model # TMS-PC05/PA05.18/250W
- Panels
- 33
- System size
- 8.25 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase M215-60-2LL-S22-IG Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- Zep Solar
- Estimated first-year production
- 9,308 kWh
- Electric utility
- Atlantic City Electric
Solar questions from Williamstown homeowners
Are panels designed for the wind near Williamstown?
Yes. The array and its mounting system have to be designed to resist the applicable wind loads, and coastal and exposed locations can carry different wind-design conditions from sheltered inland ones. It is one of the reasons the mounting system and its engineering are chosen for the site rather than by habit.
What does a 460-watt panel mean?
It is rated to produce up to about 460 watts under standardised laboratory conditions. Twenty-five of them make 11.5 kW DC; twenty-six make 11.96 kW. The panel count and the wattage should multiply out to the DC system size stated in the proposal -- if they do not, something has been rounded that should not have been.
What happens to a solar lease when the house is sold?
Most residential leases provide a process for transferring the agreement to a qualified buyer, though the requirements vary by provider. Before signing it is worth understanding how a purchaser qualifies, what the transfer involves, any fees, the buyout options, the timing, and what happens if a buyer declines to take it on.