Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Katerynopil, Zvenyhorodskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast

Katerynopil: 1,140 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 3° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,144). #137 of 197 in the rayon, #500 of 731 in the oblast.

Shpola, the rayon centre, is 32 km away. 130 m above sea level. 15 km away: Zvenyhorodka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,145. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 97 km. 10.91 m between rows, pitch 14.78 m (latitude 48.9°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,140kWh/year
Tilt
36°3° east of south
10 kW
11,399kWh/year
Row pitch
14.78m · GCR 0.32
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,520 / 420Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Katerynopil

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.9° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Черкаси, 97 km: snow 1,520 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

  • No sign-up
  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

36Jan54Feb92Mar118Apr138May141Jun147Jul143Aug116Sep88Oct39Nov28Dec

July: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.3 times less.

January: 36 against 35 in the oblast, 2.9% more.

Katerynopil: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,700735140
1011,3991,470280
1517,0992,205420

Snow and wind: Черкаси

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Cherkasy: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 346 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 51,820 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.