Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Sokolivka, Kamianskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Sokolivka: 1,174 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,177). #134 of 280 in the rayon, #927 of 1501 in the oblast.

Kamyanske, the rayon centre, is 29 km away. 163 m above sea level. 29 km away: Kamyanske, the nearest bigger centre, 1,184 — 0.9% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Дніпро, 61 km. 10.53 m between rows, pitch 14.40 m (latitude 48.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,174kWh/year
Tilt
36°2° east of south
10 kW
11,741kWh/year
Row pitch
14.40m · 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: Sokolivka

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, 61 km: snow 1,340 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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

Yield by month

37Jan54Feb93Mar118Apr140May144Jun151Jul151Aug123Sep91Oct45Nov28Dec

July: 151 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.4 times less.

January: 37 against 35 in the oblast, 5.7% more.

Sokolivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,871755140
1011,7411,510280
1517,6122,265420

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.