Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Pidhorodne, Bakhmutskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Pidhorodne: 1,145 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 1.4% below the oblast median (1,161). #83 of 101 in the rayon, #1271 of 1312 in the oblast.

Bakhmut, the rayon centre, is 5 km away. 136 m above sea level. 5 km away: Bakhmut, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,146. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 199 km. 10.67 m between rows, pitch 14.54 m (latitude 48.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,145kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
11,453kWh/year
Row pitch
14.54m · 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: Pidhorodne

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.6° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 199 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

37Jan55Feb87Mar114Apr136May142Jun146Jul148Aug121Sep87Oct45Nov28Dec

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

March: 87 against 92 in the oblast, 5.4% less.

Pidhorodne: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,727740140
1011,4531,480280
1517,1802,220420

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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