Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Zhabotyn, Cherkaskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast

Zhabotyn: 1,153 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 4° east of south (PVGIS). 0.8% above the oblast median (1,144). #54 of 207 in the rayon, #125 of 731 in the oblast.

Cherkasy, the rayon centre, is 33 km away. 126 m above sea level. 14 km away: Kamyanka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,153. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 32 km. 11.34 m between rows, pitch 15.16 m (latitude 49.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,153kWh/year
Tilt
37°4° east of south
10 kW
11,531kWh/year
Row pitch
15.16m · 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: Zhabotyn

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Черкаси, 32 km: snow 1,520 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

40Jan57Feb95Mar119Apr139May143Jun147Jul143Aug116Sep87Oct40Nov29Dec

July: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 5.1 times less.

January: 40 against 35 in the oblast, 14.3% more.

Zhabotyn: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,766735145
1011,5311,470290
1517,2972,205435

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.