Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kurakhivka, Pokrovskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Kurakhivka: 1,169 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 0.7% above the oblast median (1,161). #17 of 262 in the rayon, #429 of 1312 in the oblast.

Pokrovsk, the rayon centre, is 31 km away. 199 m above sea level. 31 km away: Pokrovsk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,159 — 0.9% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 167 km. 10.23 m between rows, pitch 14.10 m (latitude 48.0°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,169kWh/year
Tilt
36°1° east of south
10 kW
11,692kWh/year
Row pitch
14.10m · 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: Kurakhivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.0° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 167 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

39Jan55Feb93Mar115Apr137May141Jun147Jul150Aug125Sep92Oct48Nov28Dec

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

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

Kurakhivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,846750140
1011,6921,500280
1517,5382,250420

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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