Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Rubtsi, Kramatorskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Rubtsi: 1,145 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.4% below the oblast median (1,161). #212 of 233 in the rayon, #1275 of 1312 in the oblast.

Kramatorsk, the rayon centre, is 50 km away. 132 m above sea level. 21 km away: Izyum, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,147. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 132 km. 11.36 m between rows, pitch 15.18 m (latitude 49.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,145kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,449kWh/year
Row pitch
15.18m · GCR 0.32
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,600 / 430Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Rubtsi

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, 132 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

42Jan60Feb93Mar114Apr133May139Jun145Jul146Aug120Sep85Oct42Nov26Dec

August: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.6 times less.

January: 42 against 37 in the oblast, 13.5% more.

Rubtsi: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,725730130
1011,4491,460260
1517,1742,190390

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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