Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Katoshchyne, Nikopolskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Katoshchyne: 1,214 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 3.1% above the oblast median (1,177). #59 of 135 in the rayon, #66 of 1501 in the oblast.

Nikopol, the rayon centre, is 39 km away. 52 m above sea level. 26 km away: Zaporizhzhya, the nearest bigger centre, 1,227 — 1.1% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 27 km. 10.07 m between rows, pitch 13.94 m (latitude 47.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,214kWh/year
Tilt
36°2° east of south
10 kW
12,139kWh/year
Row pitch
13.94m · GCR 0.34
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,110 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Katoshchyne

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 47.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 27 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

38Jan60Feb98Mar121Apr142May146Jun153Jul153Aug126Sep94Oct52Nov31Dec

July: 153 kWh/kWp, December: 31 — 4.9 times less.

February: 60 against 54 in the oblast, 11.1% more.

Katoshchyne: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,070765155
1012,1391,530310
1518,2092,295465

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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