Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Rusko-Orlivka, Donetskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Rusko-Orlivka: 1,156 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,161). #147 of 157 in the rayon, #900 of 1312 in the oblast.

Donetsk, the rayon centre, is 44 km away. 106 m above sea level. 35 km away: Makiyivka, the nearest bigger centre, 1,167 — 0.9% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 242 km. 9.93 m between rows, pitch 13.85 m (latitude 48.0°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,156kWh/year
Tilt
35°facing south
10 kW
11,563kWh/year
Row pitch
13.85m · 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: Rusko-Orlivka

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, 242 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

36Jan55Feb88Mar116Apr137May142Jun147Jul149Aug124Sep89Oct46Nov28Dec

August: 149 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.3 times less.

March: 88 against 92 in the oblast, 4.3% less.

Rusko-Orlivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,782745140
1011,5631,490280
1517,3452,235420

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

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