Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kotovka, Samarivskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Kotovka: 1,156 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.8% below the oblast median (1,177). #89 of 115 in the rayon, #1454 of 1501 in the oblast.

Samar, the rayon centre, is 61 km away. 83 m above sea level. 35 km away: Mashivka, the nearest bigger centre, 1,140 — 1.4% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Полтава, 58 km. 11.32 m between rows, pitch 15.14 m (latitude 49.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,156kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,563kWh/year
Row pitch
15.14m · 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: Kotovka

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, 58 km: snow 1,450 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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

Yield by month

36Jan54Feb93Mar117Apr138May143Jun149Jul149Aug120Sep88Oct43Nov27Dec

July: 149 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.5 times less.

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

Kotovka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,782745135
1011,5631,490270
1517,3452,235405

Snow and wind: Полтава

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Poltava: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 363 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 54,473 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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