Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kruta Balka, Donetskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Kruta Balka: 1,161 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,161). #102 of 157 in the rayon, #673 of 1312 in the oblast.

Donetsk, the rayon centre, is 14 km away. 192 m above sea level. 14 km away: Makiyivka, the nearest bigger centre, 1,167 — 0.5% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 202 km. 10.31 m between rows, pitch 14.18 m (latitude 48.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,161kWh/year
Tilt
36°1° east of south
10 kW
11,609kWh/year
Row pitch
14.18m · GCR 0.34
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,110 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kruta Balka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 202 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

39Jan59Feb92Mar114Apr135May141Jun146Jul148Aug122Sep90Oct47Nov28Dec

August: 148 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.3 times less.

February: 59 against 55 in the oblast, 7.3% more.

Kruta Balka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,805740140
1011,6091,480280
1517,4142,220420

Snow and wind: Запоріжжя

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Zaporizhzhia: 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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