Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Chervona Orilka, Dniprovskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Chervona Orilka: 1,160 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.5% below the oblast median (1,177). #232 of 240 in the rayon, #1410 of 1501 in the oblast.

Dnipro, the rayon centre, is 77 km away. 70 m above sea level. 19 km away: Tsarychanka, the nearest bigger centre, 1,170 — 0.9% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Полтава, 55 km. 11.30 m between rows, pitch 15.12 m (latitude 49.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,160kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,598kWh/year
Row pitch
15.12m · 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: Chervona Orilka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Полтава, 55 km: snow 1,450 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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

Yield by month

33Jan55Feb94Mar118Apr139May144Jun148Jul149Aug121Sep88Oct43Nov28Dec

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

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

Chervona Orilka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,799745140
1011,5981,490280
1517,3972,235420

Snow and wind: Полтава

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Poltava: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 389 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 52,358 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

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