Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kopan’, Kaluskyi Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Kopan’: 1,086 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.0% below the oblast median (1,097). #45 of 162 in the rayon, #467 of 700 in the oblast.

Kalush, the rayon centre, is 19 km away. 437 m above sea level. 19 km away: Kalush, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,086. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Івано-Франківськ, 44 km. 11.46 m between rows, pitch 15.23 m (latitude 49.0°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,086kWh/year
Tilt
38°2° east of south
10 kW
10,860kWh/year
Row pitch
15.23m · GCR 0.31
T_min
-38 °Cregion IIIA, Carpathian
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,410 / 500Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kopan’

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.0° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Івано-Франківськ, 44 km: snow 1,410 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

47Jan60Feb93Mar111Apr119May120Jun128Jul127Aug106Sep86Oct50Nov39Dec

July: 128 kWh/kWp, December: 39 — 3.3 times less.

November: 50 against 48 in the oblast, 4.2% more.

Kopan’: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,430640195
1010,8601,280390
1516,2901,920585

Snow and wind: Івано-Франківськ

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Ivano-Frankivsk: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 410 kg of steel, 16 piles, materials ≈ 54,212 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.