Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Ripna, Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Ripna: 1,093 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 0.7% below the oblast median (1,100). #368 of 576 in the rayon, #758 of 1109 in the oblast.

Khmelnytskyi, the rayon centre, is 49 km away. 324 m above sea level. 16 km away: Volochysk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,083 — 0.9% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Хмельницький, 49 km. 11.29 m between rows, pitch 15.16 m (latitude 49.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,093kWh/year
Tilt
36°2° east of south
10 kW
10,927kWh/year
Row pitch
15.16m · 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: Ripna

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.4° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Хмельницький, 49 km: snow 1,340 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

31Jan49Feb91Mar117Apr132May135Jun139Jul137Aug112Sep83Oct37Nov29Dec

July: 139 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 4.8 times less.

February: 49 against 51 in the oblast, 3.9% less.

Ripna: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,464695145
1010,9271,390290
1516,3912,085435

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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