Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Mechnikove, Kupianskyi Raion, Kharkiv Oblast

Mechnikove: 1,129 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 1.2% below the oblast median (1,142). #199 of 285 in the rayon, #1519 of 1769 in the oblast.

Kupyansk, the rayon centre, is 29 km away. 153 m above sea level. 29 km away: Kupyansk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,150 — 1.8% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 129 km. 11.61 m between rows, pitch 15.48 m (latitude 49.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,129kWh/year
Tilt
36°3° east of south
10 kW
11,288kWh/year
Row pitch
15.48m · GCR 0.31
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,600 / 430Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Mechnikove

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 129 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

39Jan55Feb88Mar116Apr137May143Jun146Jul146Aug118Sep81Oct38Nov23Dec

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

March: 88 against 93 in the oblast, 5.4% less.

Mechnikove: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,644730115
1011,2881,460230
1516,9322,190345

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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