Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kotliary, Kharkivskyi Raion, Kharkiv Oblast

Kotliary: 1,138 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,142). #109 of 205 in the rayon, #1134 of 1769 in the oblast.

Kharkiv, the rayon centre, is 9 km away. 134 m above sea level. 9 km away: Kharkiv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,134. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 10 km. 12.00 m between rows, pitch 15.82 m (latitude 49.9°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,138kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° east of south
10 kW
11,377kWh/year
Row pitch
15.82m · 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: Kotliary

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.9° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 10 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

  • No sign-up
  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

40Jan58Feb93Mar116Apr137May142Jun145Jul144Aug116Sep81Oct40Nov26Dec

July: 145 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.6 times less.

December: 26 against 24 in the oblast, 8.3% more.

Kotliary: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,689725130
1011,3771,450260
1517,0662,175390

Snow and wind: Харків

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Kharkiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 385 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 51,876 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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