Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kupene, Nadvirnianskyi Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Kupene: 1,001 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° facing south (PVGIS). 8.8% below the oblast median (1,097). #50 of 58 in the rayon, #680 of 700 in the oblast.

Nadvirna, the rayon centre, is 33 km away. 823 m above sea level — above 500 m the DBN snow and wind are higher. 33 km away: Nadvirna, the nearest bigger centre, 1,085 — 7.8% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Івано-Франківськ, 64 km. 10.78 m between rows, pitch 14.60 m (latitude 48.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,001kWh/year
Tilt
37°facing south
10 kW
10,006kWh/year
Row pitch
14.60m · GCR 0.33
T_min
-38 °Cregion IIIA, Carpathian
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,410 / 500Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kupene

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Івано-Франківськ, 64 km: snow 1,410 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

44Jan59Feb88Mar102Apr106May108Jun117Jul119Aug100Sep80Oct49Nov30Dec

August: 119 kWh/kWp, December: 30 — 4.0 times less.

December: 30 against 38 in the oblast, 21.1% less.

Kupene: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,003595150
1010,0061,190300
1515,0091,785450

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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