Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Stepanky, Cherkaskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast

Stepanky: 1,152 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 0.7% above the oblast median (1,144). #59 of 207 in the rayon, #144 of 731 in the oblast.

Cherkasy, the rayon centre, is 15 km away. 65 m above sea level. 12 km away: Smila, the nearest bigger centre, 1,146 — 0.5% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 15 km. 11.48 m between rows, pitch 15.30 m (latitude 49.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,152kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,522kWh/year
Row pitch
15.30m · 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: Stepanky

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Черкаси, 15 km: snow 1,520 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

38Jan57Feb96Mar120Apr139May141Jun146Jul143Aug117Sep87Oct39Nov30Dec

July: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 30 — 4.9 times less.

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

Stepanky: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,761730150
1011,5221,460300
1517,2832,190450

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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