Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kapulivka, Nikopolskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Kapulivka: 1,210 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 2.8% above the oblast median (1,177). #68 of 135 in the rayon, #77 of 1501 in the oblast.

Nikopol, the rayon centre, is 12 km away. 44 m above sea level. 12 km away: Nikopol, the nearest bigger centre, 1,224 — 1.1% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 76 km. 9.91 m between rows, pitch 13.78 m (latitude 47.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,210kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
12,103kWh/year
Row pitch
13.78m · 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: Kapulivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 47.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 76 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

41Jan56Feb96Mar122Apr144May145Jun153Jul153Aug127Sep92Oct49Nov32Dec

July: 153 kWh/kWp, December: 32 — 4.8 times less.

January: 41 against 35 in the oblast, 17.1% more.

Kapulivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,052765160
1012,1031,530320
1518,1552,295480

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.