Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Zhovte, Pokrovskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Zhovte: 1,160 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,161). #135 of 262 in the rayon, #709 of 1312 in the oblast.

Pokrovsk, the rayon centre, is 11 km away. 136 m above sea level. 11 km away: Pokrovsk, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,159. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 154 km. 10.34 m between rows, pitch 14.21 m (latitude 48.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,160kWh/year
Tilt
36°1° east of south
10 kW
11,601kWh/year
Row pitch
14.21m · GCR 0.34
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,110 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Zhovte

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 154 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

35Jan52Feb91Mar114Apr137May143Jun148Jul150Aug124Sep91Oct47Nov27Dec

August: 150 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.6 times less.

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

Zhovte: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,801750135
1011,6011,500270
1517,4022,250405

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

How these numbers are computed

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