Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kruhlyk, Horlivskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Kruhlyk: 1,148 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.1% below the oblast median (1,161). #124 of 130 in the rayon, #1214 of 1312 in the oblast.

Horlivka, the rayon centre, is 41 km away. 286 m above sea level. 28 km away: Alchevsk, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,149. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 256 km. 10.15 m between rows, pitch 14.07 m (latitude 48.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,148kWh/year
Tilt
35°1° east of south
10 kW
11,480kWh/year
Row pitch
14.07m · GCR 0.34
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,600 / 430Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kruhlyk

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 256 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

40Jan53Feb86Mar114Apr136May142Jun147Jul148Aug124Sep88Oct45Nov26Dec

August: 148 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.7 times less.

January: 40 against 37 in the oblast, 8.1% more.

Kruhlyk: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,740740130
1011,4801,480260
1517,2202,220390

Snow and wind: Харків

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Kharkiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 385 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 51,876 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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