Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Drachyntsi, Chernivetskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast

Drachyntsi: 1,140 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,143). #144 of 215 in the rayon, #242 of 422 in the oblast.

Chernivtsi, the rayon centre, is 17 km away. 203 m above sea level. 14 km away: Kitsman, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,137. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 18 km. 10.93 m between rows, pitch 14.70 m (latitude 48.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,140kWh/year
Tilt
38°facing south
10 kW
11,396kWh/year
Row pitch
14.70m · GCR 0.33
T_min
-38 °Cregion IIIA, Carpathian
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,320 / 500Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Drachyntsi

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Чернівці, 18 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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

Yield by month

50Jan60Feb96Mar116Apr128May126Jun137Jul134Aug112Sep89Oct50Nov41Dec

July: 137 kWh/kWp, December: 41 — 3.3 times less.

January: 50 against 45 in the oblast, 11.1% more.

Drachyntsi: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,698685205
1011,3961,370410
1517,0942,055615

Snow and wind: Чернівці

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Chernivtsi: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 412 kg of steel, 16 piles, materials ≈ 54,638 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.