Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Potashnia, Cherkaskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast

Potashnia: 1,137 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 4° east of south (PVGIS). 0.6% below the oblast median (1,144). #191 of 207 in the rayon, #570 of 731 in the oblast.

Cherkasy, the rayon centre, is 56 km away. 126 m above sea level. 17 km away: Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,141. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 56 km. 11.69 m between rows, pitch 15.51 m (latitude 49.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,137kWh/year
Tilt
37°4° east of south
10 kW
11,370kWh/year
Row pitch
15.51m · 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: Potashnia

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

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

Yield by month

38Jan57Feb96Mar116Apr138May142Jun144Jul142Aug115Sep85Oct38Nov28Dec

July: 144 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.1 times less.

January: 38 against 35 in the oblast, 8.6% more.

Potashnia: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,685720140
1011,3701,440280
1517,0552,160420

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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