Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Bila Hora, Kramatorskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Bila Hora: 1,150 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.0% below the oblast median (1,161). #158 of 233 in the rayon, #1160 of 1312 in the oblast.

Kramatorsk, the rayon centre, is 36 km away. 128 m above sea level. 15 km away: Bakhmut, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,146. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 206 km. 10.56 m between rows, pitch 14.43 m (latitude 48.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,150kWh/year
Tilt
36°1° east of south
10 kW
11,499kWh/year
Row pitch
14.43m · GCR 0.33
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,600 / 430Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Bila Hora

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 206 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

39Jan55Feb88Mar114Apr136May141Jun146Jul148Aug122Sep88Oct46Nov27Dec

August: 148 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.5 times less.

January: 39 against 37 in the oblast, 5.4% more.

Bila Hora: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,750740135
1011,4991,480270
1517,2492,220405

Snow and wind: Харків

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Kharkiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 359 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 53,991 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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