Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Stepantsi, Cherkaskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast

Stepantsi: 1,143 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 3° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,144). #148 of 207 in the rayon, #390 of 731 in the oblast.

Cherkasy, the rayon centre, is 62 km away. 102 m above sea level. 14 km away: Kaniv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,143. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 62 km. 11.81 m between rows, pitch 15.63 m (latitude 49.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,143kWh/year
Tilt
37°3° east of south
10 kW
11,432kWh/year
Row pitch
15.63m · 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: Stepantsi

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

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

Yield by month

35Jan59Feb99Mar118Apr139May142Jun146Jul142Aug114Sep85Oct37Nov27Dec

July: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.4 times less.

February: 59 against 55 in the oblast, 7.3% more.

Stepantsi: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,716730135
1011,4321,460270
1517,1482,190405

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

Nearby

All places: Cherkaskyi RaionCherkasy Oblast: rayons and towns

Free calculators

Sources

Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.