Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Pliakivka, Cherkaskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast

Pliakivka: 1,151 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° facing south (PVGIS). 0.6% above the oblast median (1,144). #68 of 207 in the rayon, #172 of 731 in the oblast.

Cherkasy, the rayon centre, is 42 km away. 152 m above sea level. 7 km away: Kamyanka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,153. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 41 km. 11.27 m between rows, pitch 15.09 m (latitude 49.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,151kWh/year
Tilt
37°facing south
10 kW
11,506kWh/year
Row pitch
15.09m · 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: Pliakivka

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, 41 km: snow 1,520 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

37Jan55Feb96Mar119Apr138May142Jun147Jul143Aug117Sep88Oct40Nov28Dec

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

January: 37 against 35 in the oblast, 5.7% more.

Pliakivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,753735140
1011,5061,470280
1517,2592,205420

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.