Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Shakhtarske, Pavlohradskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Shakhtarske: 1,171 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° facing south (PVGIS). 0.5% below the oblast median (1,177). #30 of 89 in the rayon, #1106 of 1501 in the oblast.

Pavlohrad, the rayon centre, is 26 km away. 126 m above sea level. 26 km away: Pavlohrad, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,172. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Дніпро, 85 km. 10.80 m between rows, pitch 14.62 m (latitude 48.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,171kWh/year
Tilt
37°facing south
10 kW
11,707kWh/year
Row pitch
14.62m · 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: Shakhtarske

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Дніпро, 85 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.

Shakhtarske: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,854750145
1011,7071,500290
1517,5612,250435

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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Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.