Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Zhovnyne, Zolotoniskyi Raion, Cherkasy Oblast

Zhovnyne: 1,179 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° facing south (PVGIS). 3.0% above the oblast median (1,144). #5 of 160 in the rayon, #5 of 731 in the oblast.

Zolotonosha, the rayon centre, is 57 km away. 115 m above sea level. 46 km away: Cherkasy, the nearest bigger centre, 1,138 — 3.6% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 45 km. 11.53 m between rows, pitch 15.35 m (latitude 49.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,179kWh/year
Tilt
37°facing south
10 kW
11,788kWh/year
Row pitch
15.35m · 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: Zhovnyne

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.4° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Черкаси, 45 km: snow 1,520 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

33Jan59Feb96Mar123Apr145May147Jun152Jul148Aug121Sep87Oct39Nov29Dec

July: 152 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 5.2 times less.

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

Zhovnyne: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,894760145
1011,7881,520290
1517,6822,280435

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.