Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Maiak, Nikopolskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Maiak: 1,228 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 4.3% above the oblast median (1,177). #23 of 135 in the rayon, #24 of 1501 in the oblast.

Nikopol, the rayon centre, is 25 km away. 24 m above sea level. 25 km away: Nikopol, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,224. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 39 km. 10.01 m between rows, pitch 13.88 m (latitude 47.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,228kWh/year
Tilt
36°1° east of south
10 kW
12,281kWh/year
Row pitch
13.88m · 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: Maiak

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 47.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 39 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

41Jan60Feb100Mar123Apr144May148Jun153Jul153Aug127Sep95Oct53Nov32Dec

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

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

Maiak: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,141765160
1012,2811,530320
1518,4222,295480

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.