Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Mertsalivka, Pavlohradskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Mertsalivka: 1,171 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° facing south (PVGIS). 0.5% below the oblast median (1,177). #28 of 89 in the rayon, #1082 of 1501 in the oblast.

Pavlohrad, the rayon centre, is 24 km away. 129 m above sea level. 24 km away: Pavlohrad, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,172. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Дніпро, 83 km. 10.78 m between rows, pitch 14.60 m (latitude 48.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,171kWh/year
Tilt
37°facing south
10 kW
11,712kWh/year
Row pitch
14.60m · GCR 0.33
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,340 / 470Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Mertsalivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.4° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Дніпро, 83 km: snow 1,340 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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

Yield by month

38Jan56Feb92Mar117Apr138May142Jun148Jul150Aug123Sep91Oct47Nov29Dec

August: 150 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 5.2 times less.

January: 38 against 35 in the oblast, 8.6% more.

Mertsalivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,856750145
1011,7121,500290
1517,5682,250435

Snow and wind: Дніпро

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Dnipro: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 346 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 51,820 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.