Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Valiava, Cherkaskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast

Valiava: 1,144 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,144). #141 of 207 in the rayon, #372 of 731 in the oblast.

Cherkasy, the rayon centre, is 55 km away. 162 m above sea level. 8 km away: Horodyshche, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,145. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 55 km. 11.47 m between rows, pitch 15.29 m (latitude 49.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,144kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,437kWh/year
Row pitch
15.29m · 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: Valiava

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

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

Yield by month

34Jan57Feb97Mar118Apr138May142Jun147Jul143Aug117Sep87Oct38Nov26Dec

July: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.7 times less.

December: 26 against 28 in the oblast, 7.1% less.

Valiava: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,719735130
1011,4371,470260
1517,1562,205390

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.