Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Hrachivka, Kupianskyi Raion, Kharkiv Oblast

Hrachivka: 1,120 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 2.0% below the oblast median (1,142). #283 of 285 in the rayon, #1707 of 1769 in the oblast.

Kupyansk, the rayon centre, is 64 km away. 200 m above sea level. 64 km away: Kupyansk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,150 — 2.7% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 93 km. 12.35 m between rows, pitch 16.17 m (latitude 50.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,120kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° east of south
10 kW
11,195kWh/year
Row pitch
16.17m · GCR 0.30
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,600 / 430Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Hrachivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 93 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

42Jan55Feb86Mar114Apr137May142Jun146Jul144Aug115Sep79Oct37Nov23Dec

July: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 23 — 6.3 times less.

January: 42 against 39 in the oblast, 7.7% more.

Hrachivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,598730115
1011,1951,460230
1516,7932,190345

Snow and wind: Харків

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Kharkiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 359 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 53,991 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

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