Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Skhidne, Nikopolskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Skhidne: 1,224 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 4.0% above the oblast median (1,177). #35 of 135 in the rayon, #38 of 1501 in the oblast.

Nikopol, the rayon centre, is 20 km away. 80 m above sea level. 20 km away: Nikopol, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,224. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 54 km. 10.03 m between rows, pitch 13.90 m (latitude 47.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,224kWh/year
Tilt
36°1° east of south
10 kW
12,238kWh/year
Row pitch
13.90m · 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: Skhidne

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, 54 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

40Jan59Feb100Mar123Apr144May147Jun153Jul153Aug127Sep94Oct52Nov32Dec

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

January: 40 against 35 in the oblast, 14.3% more.

Skhidne: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,119765160
1012,2381,530320
1518,3572,295480

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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