Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Rudka, Chernivetskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast

Rudka: 1,122 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° facing south (PVGIS). 1.8% below the oblast median (1,143). #199 of 215 in the rayon, #336 of 422 in the oblast.

Chernivtsi, the rayon centre, is 45 km away. 280 m above sea level. 21 km away: Zastavna, the nearest bigger centre, 1,131 — 0.8% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 45 km. 10.92 m between rows, pitch 14.74 m (latitude 48.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,122kWh/year
Tilt
37°facing south
10 kW
11,224kWh/year
Row pitch
14.74m · GCR 0.32
T_min
-38 °Cregion IIIA, Carpathian
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,320 / 500Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Rudka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.6° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Чернівці, 45 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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

Yield by month

41Jan53Feb94Mar118Apr131May131Jun139Jul136Aug113Sep88Oct45Nov35Dec

July: 139 kWh/kWp, December: 35 — 4.0 times less.

February: 53 against 60 in the oblast, 11.7% less.

Rudka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,612695175
1011,2241,390350
1516,8362,085525

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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