Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Balahan, Pokrovskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Balahan: 1,159 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,161). #150 of 262 in the rayon, #747 of 1312 in the oblast.

Pokrovsk, the rayon centre, is 9 km away. 170 m above sea level. 9 km away: Pokrovsk, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,159. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Дніпро, 167 km. 10.42 m between rows, pitch 14.29 m (latitude 48.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,159kWh/year
Tilt
36°1° east of south
10 kW
11,593kWh/year
Row pitch
14.29m · 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: Balahan

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Дніпро, 167 km: snow 1,340 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

35Jan54Feb91Mar115Apr137May142Jun147Jul150Aug123Sep91Oct47Nov28Dec

August: 150 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.4 times less.

January: 35 against 37 in the oblast, 5.4% less.

Balahan: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,797750140
1011,5931,500280
1517,3902,250420

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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