Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Chortomlyk, Nikopolskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Chortomlyk: 1,239 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 5.3% above the oblast median (1,177). #4 of 135 in the rayon, #4 of 1501 in the oblast.

Nikopol, the rayon centre, is 20 km away. 33 m above sea level. 20 km away: Nikopol, the nearest bigger centre, 1,224 — 1.3% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 79 km. 9.95 m between rows, pitch 13.82 m (latitude 47.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,239kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
12,394kWh/year
Row pitch
13.82m · GCR 0.35
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,110 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Chortomlyk

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 47.6° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 79 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

41Jan58Feb101Mar126Apr146May148Jun155Jul154Aug129Sep95Oct51Nov34Dec

July: 155 kWh/kWp, December: 34 — 4.6 times less.

December: 34 against 28 in the oblast, 21.4% more.

Chortomlyk: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,197775170
1012,3941,550340
1518,5912,325510

Snow and wind: Запоріжжя

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Zaporizhzhia: 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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Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.