Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Protochi, Dniprovskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Protochi: 1,190 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.1% above the oblast median (1,177). #16 of 240 in the rayon, #213 of 1501 in the oblast.

Dnipro, the rayon centre, is 56 km away. 64 m above sea level. 16 km away: Tsarychanka, the nearest bigger centre, 1,170 — 1.7% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Дніпро, 57 km. 11.05 m between rows, pitch 14.87 m (latitude 48.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,190kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° east of south
10 kW
11,898kWh/year
Row pitch
14.87m · GCR 0.32
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,340 / 470Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Protochi

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Дніпро, 57 km: snow 1,340 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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

Yield by month

37Jan59Feb96Mar120Apr141May145Jun150Jul151Aug123Sep90Oct46Nov30Dec

August: 151 kWh/kWp, December: 30 — 5.0 times less.

February: 59 against 54 in the oblast, 9.3% more.

Protochi: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,949755150
1011,8981,510300
1517,8472,265450

Snow and wind: Дніпро

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Dnipro: 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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