Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Volkov, Kupianskyi Raion, Kharkiv Oblast

Volkov: 1,123 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.7% below the oblast median (1,142). #267 of 285 in the rayon, #1654 of 1769 in the oblast.

Kupyansk, the rayon centre, is 55 km away. 180 m above sea level. 55 km away: Kupyansk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,150 — 2.4% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 85 km. 12.26 m between rows, pitch 16.08 m (latitude 50.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,123kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° east of south
10 kW
11,229kWh/year
Row pitch
16.08m · 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: Volkov

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 85 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

41Jan57Feb86Mar114Apr137May143Jun146Jul144Aug116Sep80Oct37Nov23Dec

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

March: 86 against 93 in the oblast, 7.5% less.

Volkov: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,615730115
1011,2291,460230
1516,8442,190345

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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