Solar plant: site data

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

Kapustiany: 1,133 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 3.0% above the oblast median (1,100). #91 of 226 in the rayon, #91 of 1109 in the oblast.

Kamyanets-Podilskyi, the rayon centre, is 49 km away. 305 m above sea level. 16 km away: Vinkivtsi, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,127. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Хмельницький, 60 km. 10.87 m between rows, pitch 14.74 m (latitude 48.9°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,133kWh/year
Tilt
36°2° east of south
10 kW
11,328kWh/year
Row pitch
14.74m · 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: Kapustiany

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, 60 km: snow 1,340 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

36Jan53Feb91Mar119Apr137May138Jun142Jul140Aug115Sep87Oct40Nov33Dec

July: 142 kWh/kWp, December: 33 — 4.3 times less.

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

Kapustiany: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,664710165
1011,3281,420330
1516,9922,130495

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.