Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Stepove, Prylutskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast

Stepove: 1,111 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,108). #267 of 285 in the rayon, #624 of 1558 in the oblast.

Pryluky, the rayon centre, is 50 km away. 161 m above sea level. 30 km away: Romny, the nearest bigger centre, 1,126 — 1.3% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Суми, 123 km. 12.74 m between rows, pitch 16.56 m (latitude 50.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,111kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° east of south
10 kW
11,114kWh/year
Row pitch
16.56m · GCR 0.29
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,670 / 420Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Stepove

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Суми, 123 km: snow 1,670 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

35Jan56Feb89Mar116Apr139May142Jun145Jul142Aug110Sep79Oct36Nov22Dec

July: 145 kWh/kWp, December: 22 — 6.6 times less.

November: 36 against 33 in the oblast, 9.1% more.

Stepove: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,557725110
1011,1141,450220
1516,6712,175330

Snow and wind: Суми

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Sumy: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 385 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 51,876 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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