Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Metalivka, Chuhuivskyi Raion, Kharkiv Oblast

Metalivka: 1,128 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.2% below the oblast median (1,142). #176 of 229 in the rayon, #1530 of 1769 in the oblast.

Chuhuyiv, the rayon centre, is 33 km away. 104 m above sea level. 33 km away: Chuhuyiv, the nearest bigger centre, 1,144 — 1.4% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 45 km. 12.20 m between rows, pitch 16.02 m (latitude 50.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,128kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° east of south
10 kW
11,284kWh/year
Row pitch
16.02m · 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: Metalivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 45 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

39Jan59Feb95Mar114Apr136May141Jun145Jul143Aug115Sep80Oct38Nov24Dec

July: 145 kWh/kWp, December: 24 — 6.0 times less.

November: 38 against 40 in the oblast, 5.0% less.

Metalivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,642725120
1011,2841,450240
1516,9262,175360

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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