Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Balivka, Dniprovskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Balivka: 1,181 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,177). #126 of 240 in the rayon, #550 of 1501 in the oblast.

Dnipro, the rayon centre, is 25 km away. 57 m above sea level. 17 km away: Kamyanske, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,184. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Дніпро, 26 km. 10.91 m between rows, pitch 14.73 m (latitude 48.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,181kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,808kWh/year
Row pitch
14.73m · GCR 0.32
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,340 / 470Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Balivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.6° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Дніпро, 26 km: snow 1,340 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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

Yield by month

37Jan58Feb96Mar119Apr140May143Jun150Jul150Aug123Sep90Oct45Nov30Dec

July: 150 kWh/kWp, December: 30 — 5.0 times less.

February: 58 against 54 in the oblast, 7.4% more.

Balivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,904750150
1011,8081,500300
1517,7122,250450

Snow and wind: Дніпро

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Dnipro: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 372 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 49,705 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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