Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Sofiivka, Kropyvnytskyi Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast

Sofiivka: 1,164 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 4° east of south (PVGIS). 0.5% above the oblast median (1,157). #95 of 254 in the rayon, #183 of 708 in the oblast.

Kropyvnytskyi, the rayon centre, is 38 km away. 141 m above sea level. 12 km away: Kompaniyivka, the nearest bigger centre, 1,155 — 0.8% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Кропивницький, 38 km. 10.34 m between rows, pitch 14.21 m (latitude 48.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,164kWh/year
Tilt
36°4° east of south
10 kW
11,637kWh/year
Row pitch
14.21m · GCR 0.34
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,230 / 410Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Sofiivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Кропивницький, 38 km: snow 1,230 Pa, wind 410 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

35Jan51Feb92Mar122Apr137May141Jun152Jul148Aug121Sep91Oct43Nov29Dec

July: 152 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 5.2 times less.

November: 43 against 41 in the oblast, 4.9% more.

Sofiivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,819760145
1011,6371,520290
1517,4562,280435

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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