Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Luka, Cherkaskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast

Luka: 1,139 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 5° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,144). #182 of 207 in the rayon, #524 of 731 in the oblast.

Cherkasy, the rayon centre, is 47 km away. 91 m above sea level. 19 km away: Kaniv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,143. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 47 km. 11.70 m between rows, pitch 15.52 m (latitude 49.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,139kWh/year
Tilt
37°5° east of south
10 kW
11,393kWh/year
Row pitch
15.52m · GCR 0.31
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,520 / 420Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Luka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.6° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Черкаси, 47 km: snow 1,520 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

39Jan57Feb97Mar117Apr137May140Jun144Jul141Aug115Sep85Oct38Nov29Dec

July: 144 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 5.0 times less.

January: 39 against 35 in the oblast, 11.4% more.

Luka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,697720145
1011,3931,440290
1517,0902,160435

Snow and wind: Черкаси

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Cherkasy: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 372 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 49,705 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.