Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Ridkodub, Kramatorskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Ridkodub: 1,149 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.1% below the oblast median (1,161). #172 of 233 in the rayon, #1190 of 1312 in the oblast.

Kramatorsk, the rayon centre, is 53 km away. 180 m above sea level. 36 km away: Svatove, the nearest bigger centre, 1,131 — 1.6% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 145 km. 11.37 m between rows, pitch 15.19 m (latitude 49.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,149kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° east of south
10 kW
11,491kWh/year
Row pitch
15.19m · GCR 0.31
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,600 / 430Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Ridkodub

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 145 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

  • No sign-up
  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

40Jan59Feb93Mar115Apr135May142Jun146Jul147Aug121Sep85Oct42Nov24Dec

August: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 24 — 6.1 times less.

December: 24 against 28 in the oblast, 14.3% less.

Ridkodub: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,746735120
1011,4911,470240
1517,2372,205360

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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