Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kovalykha, Cherkaskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast

Kovalykha: 1,145 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,144). #130 of 207 in the rayon, #334 of 731 in the oblast.

Cherkasy, the rayon centre, is 39 km away. 135 m above sea level. 12 km away: Smila, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,146. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 38 km. 11.07 m between rows, pitch 14.94 m (latitude 49.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,145kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
11,449kWh/year
Row pitch
14.94m · 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: Kovalykha

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Черкаси, 38 km: snow 1,520 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

34Jan56Feb96Mar119Apr139May142Jun148Jul143Aug117Sep87Oct39Nov26Dec

July: 148 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.7 times less.

December: 26 against 28 in the oblast, 7.1% less.

Kovalykha: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,725740130
1011,4491,480260
1517,1742,220390

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.