Solar plant: site data

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

Chorna: 1,125 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 2.2% above the oblast median (1,100). #153 of 226 in the rayon, #182 of 1109 in the oblast.

Kamyanets-Podilskyi, the rayon centre, is 30 km away. 302 m above sea level. 27 km away: Horodok, the nearest bigger centre, 1,101 — 2.2% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Хмельницький, 65 km. 11.16 m between rows, pitch 14.98 m (latitude 48.9°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,125kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° east of south
10 kW
11,248kWh/year
Row pitch
14.98m · GCR 0.32
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,340 / 500Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Chorna

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.9° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Хмельницький, 65 km: snow 1,340 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

37Jan54Feb94Mar119Apr135May136Jun140Jul138Aug114Sep86Oct40Nov33Dec

July: 140 kWh/kWp, December: 33 — 4.2 times less.

January: 37 against 32 in the oblast, 15.6% more.

Chorna: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,624700165
1011,2481,400330
1516,8722,100495

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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Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.