Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Buchaia, Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Buchaia: 1,138 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 3.5% above the oblast median (1,100). #62 of 226 in the rayon, #62 of 1109 in the oblast.

Kamyanets-Podilskyi, the rayon centre, is 38 km away. 250 m above sea level. 32 km away: Vinkivtsi, the nearest bigger centre, 1,127 — 0.9% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Хмельницький, 74 km. 10.76 m between rows, pitch 14.63 m (latitude 48.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,138kWh/year
Tilt
36°1° east of south
10 kW
11,381kWh/year
Row pitch
14.63m · GCR 0.33
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,340 / 500Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Buchaia

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Хмельницький, 74 km: snow 1,340 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

35Jan54Feb92Mar121Apr137May138Jun143Jul141Aug115Sep88Oct40Nov33Dec

July: 143 kWh/kWp, December: 33 — 4.3 times less.

December: 33 against 29 in the oblast, 13.8% more.

Buchaia: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,691715165
1011,3811,430330
1517,0722,145495

Snow and wind: Хмельницький

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Khmelnytskyi: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 415 kg of steel, 16 piles, materials ≈ 55,054 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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