Solar plant: site data

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

Ruda: 1,136 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° facing south (PVGIS). 3.2% above the oblast median (1,100). #76 of 226 in the rayon, #76 of 1109 in the oblast.

Kamyanets-Podilskyi, the rayon centre, is 14 km away. 194 m above sea level. 14 km away: Kamyanets-Podilskyi, the nearest bigger centre, 1,129 — 0.6% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 55 km. 10.86 m between rows, pitch 14.68 m (latitude 48.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,136kWh/year
Tilt
37°facing south
10 kW
11,357kWh/year
Row pitch
14.68m · GCR 0.33
T_min
-38 °Cregion IIIA, Carpathian
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,320 / 500Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Ruda

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.6° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Чернівці, 55 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

  • No sign-up
  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

38Jan54Feb95Mar119Apr135May136Jun142Jul139Aug115Sep87Oct42Nov34Dec

July: 142 kWh/kWp, December: 34 — 4.2 times less.

January: 38 against 32 in the oblast, 18.8% more.

Ruda: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,679710170
1011,3571,420340
1517,0362,130510

Snow and wind: Чернівці

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Chernivtsi: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 412 kg of steel, 16 piles, materials ≈ 54,638 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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