Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Rukhotyn, Dnistrovskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast

Rukhotyn: 1,143 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° west of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,143). #78 of 113 in the rayon, #212 of 422 in the oblast.

Kelmentsi, the rayon centre, is 46 km away. 202 m above sea level. 27 km away: Zastavna, the nearest bigger centre, 1,131 — 1.0% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 32 km. 10.83 m between rows, pitch 14.65 m (latitude 48.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,143kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° west of south
10 kW
11,425kWh/year
Row pitch
14.65m · 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: Rukhotyn

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Чернівці, 32 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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

Yield by month

44Jan58Feb97Mar118Apr133May132Jun141Jul138Aug114Sep87Oct43Nov37Dec

July: 141 kWh/kWp, December: 37 — 3.8 times less.

November: 43 against 47 in the oblast, 8.5% less.

Rukhotyn: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,713705185
1011,4251,410370
1517,1382,115555

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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