Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Popivka, Zvenyhorodskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast

Popivka: 1,143 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,144). #93 of 197 in the rayon, #419 of 731 in the oblast.

Shpola, the rayon centre, is 44 km away. 192 m above sea level. 12 km away: Zvenyhorodka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,145. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 100 km. 11.01 m between rows, pitch 14.88 m (latitude 49.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,143kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
11,425kWh/year
Row pitch
14.88m · 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: Popivka

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

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

Yield by month

34Jan54Feb91Mar119Apr140May143Jun149Jul144Aug117Sep88Oct39Nov25Dec

July: 149 kWh/kWp, December: 25 — 6.0 times less.

December: 25 against 28 in the oblast, 10.7% less.

Popivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,713745125
1011,4251,490250
1517,1382,235375

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.