Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Stepanivka, Kramatorskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Stepanivka: 1,147 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.2% below the oblast median (1,161). #198 of 233 in the rayon, #1238 of 1312 in the oblast.

Kramatorsk, the rayon centre, is 30 km away. 174 m above sea level. 30 km away: Kramatorsk, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,149. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Дніпро, 189 km. 10.55 m between rows, pitch 14.42 m (latitude 48.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,147kWh/year
Tilt
36°2° east of south
10 kW
11,468kWh/year
Row pitch
14.42m · GCR 0.33
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,340 / 470Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Stepanivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Дніпро, 189 km: snow 1,340 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

34Jan54Feb90Mar114Apr137May142Jun146Jul148Aug122Sep88Oct44Nov28Dec

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

January: 34 against 37 in the oblast, 8.1% less.

Stepanivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,734740140
1011,4681,480280
1517,2022,220420

Snow and wind: Дніпро

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Dnipro: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 346 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 51,820 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

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