Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Stepove, Dniprovskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Stepove: 1,181 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,177). #130 of 240 in the rayon, #556 of 1501 in the oblast.

Dnipro, the rayon centre, is 22 km away. 65 m above sea level. 22 km away: Dnipro, the nearest bigger centre, 1,190 — 0.8% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Дніпро, 23 km. 10.93 m between rows, pitch 14.75 m (latitude 48.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,181kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,807kWh/year
Row pitch
14.75m · 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: Stepove

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.6° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Дніпро, 23 km: snow 1,340 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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

Yield by month

35Jan58Feb96Mar119Apr140May144Jun151Jul151Aug123Sep90Oct45Nov29Dec

July: 151 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 5.2 times less.

February: 58 against 54 in the oblast, 7.4% more.

Stepove: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,904755145
1011,8071,510290
1517,7112,265435

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

Nearby

All places: Dniprovskyi RaionDnipropetrovsk Oblast: rayons and towns

Free calculators

Sources

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