Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Babaikivka, Dniprovskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Babaikivka: 1,165 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.0% below the oblast median (1,177). #226 of 240 in the rayon, #1299 of 1501 in the oblast.

Dnipro, the rayon centre, is 72 km away. 67 m above sea level. 9 km away: Tsarychanka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,170. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Полтава, 64 km. 11.23 m between rows, pitch 15.05 m (latitude 49.0°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,165kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,648kWh/year
Row pitch
15.05m · GCR 0.32
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,450 / 470Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Babaikivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.0° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Полтава, 64 km: snow 1,450 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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

Yield by month

35Jan56Feb95Mar119Apr139May144Jun148Jul149Aug121Sep88Oct44Nov28Dec

August: 149 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.3 times less.

November: 44 against 47 in the oblast, 6.4% less.

Babaikivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,824745140
1011,6481,490280
1517,4722,235420

Snow and wind: Полтава

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Poltava: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 363 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 54,473 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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