Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Zuhres, Donetskyi Raion, Donetsk Oblast

Zuhres: 1,157 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,161). #146 of 157 in the rayon, #872 of 1312 in the oblast.

Donetsk, the rayon centre, is 35 km away. 146 m above sea level. 26 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, 234 km. 10.22 m between rows, pitch 14.09 m (latitude 48.0°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,157kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
11,570kWh/year
Row pitch
14.09m · 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: Zuhres

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

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

38Jan53Feb89Mar116Apr137May142Jun147Jul148Aug124Sep90Oct47Nov27Dec

August: 148 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.5 times less.

February: 53 against 55 in the oblast, 3.6% less.

Zuhres: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,785740135
1011,5701,480270
1517,3552,220405

Snow and wind: Запоріжжя

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Zaporizhzhia: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 382 kg of steel, 14 piles, materials ≈ 50,687 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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