Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Melesivka, Zolotoniskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast

Melesivka: 1,162 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.5% above the oblast median (1,144). #32 of 160 in the rayon, #67 of 731 in the oblast.

Zolotonosha, the rayon centre, is 3 km away. 92 m above sea level. 3 km away: Zolotonosha, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,156. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 26 km. 12.05 m between rows, pitch 15.82 m (latitude 49.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,162kWh/year
Tilt
38°1° east of south
10 kW
11,615kWh/year
Row pitch
15.82m · GCR 0.30
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,520 / 420Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Melesivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Черкаси, 26 km: snow 1,520 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

40Jan61Feb99Mar119Apr141May143Jun146Jul144Aug116Sep86Oct38Nov29Dec

July: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 5.0 times less.

January: 40 against 35 in the oblast, 14.3% more.

Melesivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,808730145
1011,6151,460290
1517,4232,190435

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.