Solar Options in South New Jersey, seeking opinions

[The_Mike]

All,

My wife and I are ready to make the jump into Solar, and have been soliciting quotes from various local installers. I would like to seek some outside opinions on the various options that have been proposed to us:

1. Company #1 (Small installer): 6.9 kW
Panels: 23 x LG300N1K-G4
Inverter: Solar Edge 6000AUS
Solar Edge Power Optimizers P300
25 year installation warranty
Estimated production 9300 kWh/yr
$22,770 or $3.30 / Watt

2. Company #2a (Medium sized installer): 6.72 kW
Panels: 24 x Suniva - OPT280-60-4-1B0
Inverter: Solar Edge
10 year warranty
Estimated production 8,300 kWh/yr
$23,808 or $3.54 / Watt

3. Company #2b (Medium sized installer): 6.72 kW
Panels: 24 x Suniva - OPT280-60-4-1B0
MicroInverters: Enphase M215
10 year warranty
Estimated production 8,600 kWh/yr
$24,417 or $3.63 / Watt

4. Company #3 (Huge installer): 5.25 kW
Panels: 21 x Something 250 w
Estimated production 7,000 kWh/yr
20 year all inclusive warranty with production warranty
$25,200 or $4.80 / Watt.

5. Shady individual installer: 6.84 kW
Panels: 24 x SolarWorld 285 mono
Inverter: Solar Edge
Solar Edge Power Optimizers
Estimated production 9000 kWh/yr
$18,249 or $2.67 / Watt

Now, I included that last quote for completeness's sake, though doing a little background research on the individual and company leads me to feel uncomfortable going with them. What I'm really interested in is the the first proposal, above. Does that seems like a good solution? I like that the company actually came out and surveyed my roof with no cost or obligation to me. However, they are a very small company and I doubt that the warranty will be worth much. Is $3.30-$3.50 / Watt competitive with what other people have been getting in New Jersey?

We will be getting a new roof as part of this project, so it's very important that we make choices that won't be regretted later.

Thanks guys!

-Mike

[skellig]

I would think anything between $3.00-$3.40/watt would be good. I have seen some quotes in NJ on this forum as low as $3.05/watt. I would also ask what racking do they use. I'm in central NJ and in the process of getting quotes right now. Will post results in next week or so.

[Guillaume_8667]

Hi,

I'm in North Jersey, so far I got one quote (solar company in Annandale):
System proposal: 5.87kW
Solar panel: LG LG315N1C-G4 PV
Solar panel quantity: 18
Rated size of system: 5.670 DC kW (STC) / AC Rating 4.4970 AC kW (CEC)
Estimated system output: 6,972kWh
Sub-total: $22,936 / 5,870kW = $3.90

[kommong2]

Hi,

I'm in North Jersey, so far I got one quote (solar company in Annandale):
System proposal: 5.87kW
Solar panel: LG LG315N1C-G4 PV
Solar panel quantity: 18
Rated size of system: 5.670 DC kW (STC) / AC Rating 4.4970 AC kW (CEC)
Estimated system output: 6,972kWh
Sub-total: $22,936 / 5,870kW = $3.90

I got the following quote for a local installer in NJ:

System proposal: 9.5kW
Solar panel: SW280 - 25 year linear warranty
Inverter : Enphase micro inverter with 25 year warranty
Labor: 10 year warranty
Solar panel quantity: 34
Estimated system output: 11.6+
Sub-total: $29,000 / 9,500kW = $3.05

Good Proposal?