Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Shopyne, Kharkivskyi Raion, Kharkiv Oblast

Shopyne: 1,134 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° facing south (PVGIS). 0.7% below the oblast median (1,142). #166 of 205 in the rayon, #1323 of 1769 in the oblast.

Kharkiv, the rayon centre, is 31 km away. 161 m above sea level. 31 km away: Kharkiv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,134. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 30 km. 12.62 m between rows, pitch 16.39 m (latitude 50.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,134kWh/year
Tilt
38°facing south
10 kW
11,339kWh/year
Row pitch
16.39m · GCR 0.29
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,600 / 430Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Shopyne

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, 30 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

39Jan62Feb95Mar114Apr137May142Jun146Jul143Aug114Sep79Oct38Nov26Dec

July: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.6 times less.

February: 62 against 57 in the oblast, 8.8% more.

Shopyne: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,670730130
1011,3391,460260
1517,0092,190390

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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