Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Balkove, Kamianskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Balkove: 1,181 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 3° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,177). #47 of 280 in the rayon, #556 of 1501 in the oblast.

Kamyanske, the rayon centre, is 75 km away. 125 m above sea level. 30 km away: Petrove, the nearest bigger centre, 1,169 — 1.0% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Дніпро, 105 km. 10.41 m between rows, pitch 14.28 m (latitude 48.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,181kWh/year
Tilt
36°3° east of south
10 kW
11,807kWh/year
Row pitch
14.28m · GCR 0.34
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,340 / 470Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Balkove

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Дніпро, 105 km: snow 1,340 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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

Yield by month

36Jan57Feb95Mar119Apr138May144Jun152Jul150Aug124Sep91Oct45Nov29Dec

July: 152 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 5.2 times less.

February: 57 against 54 in the oblast, 5.6% more.

Balkove: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,904760145
1011,8071,520290
1517,7112,280435

Snow and wind: Дніпро

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Dnipro: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 346 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 51,820 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.