Solar plant: site data

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

Popova Balka: 1,164 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,161). #76 of 157 in the rayon, #595 of 1312 in the oblast.

Donetsk, the rayon centre, is 44 km away. 226 m above sea level. 38 km away: Makiyivka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,167. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 235 km. 9.83 m between rows, pitch 13.75 m (latitude 47.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,164kWh/year
Tilt
35°facing south
10 kW
11,635kWh/year
Row pitch
13.75m · GCR 0.35
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,110 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Popova Balka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 47.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 235 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

37Jan52Feb89Mar116Apr137May143Jun148Jul150Aug125Sep91Oct47Nov28Dec

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

February: 52 against 55 in the oblast, 5.5% less.

Popova Balka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,818750140
1011,6351,500280
1517,4532,250420

Snow and wind: Запоріжжя

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Zaporizhzhia: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 382 kg of steel, 14 piles, materials ≈ 50,687 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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