Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Bohdanivka, Kropyvnytskyi Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast

Bohdanivka: 1,161 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 3° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,157). #115 of 254 in the rayon, #239 of 708 in the oblast.

Kropyvnytskyi, the rayon centre, is 32 km away. 221 m above sea level. 12 km away: Znamyanka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,163. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Кропивницький, 32 km. 10.76 m between rows, pitch 14.63 m (latitude 48.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,161kWh/year
Tilt
36°3° east of south
10 kW
11,612kWh/year
Row pitch
14.63m · GCR 0.33
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,230 / 410Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Bohdanivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Кропивницький, 32 km: snow 1,230 Pa, wind 410 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

38Jan56Feb96Mar119Apr138May144Jun149Jul145Aug119Sep88Oct40Nov28Dec

July: 149 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.3 times less.

January: 38 against 35 in the oblast, 8.6% more.

Bohdanivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,806745140
1011,6121,490280
1517,4182,235420

Snow and wind: Кропивницький

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Kropyvnytskyi: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 372 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 48,082 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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