Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Sokolivske, Kropyvnytskyi Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast

Sokolivske: 1,160 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 4° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,157). #124 of 254 in the rayon, #262 of 708 in the oblast.

Kropyvnytskyi, the rayon centre, is 6 km away. 136 m above sea level. 6 km away: Kropyvnytskyi, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,156. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Кропивницький, 6 km. 10.55 m between rows, pitch 14.42 m (latitude 48.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,160kWh/year
Tilt
36°4° east of south
10 kW
11,604kWh/year
Row pitch
14.42m · 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: Sokolivske

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Кропивницький, 6 km: snow 1,230 Pa, wind 410 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

34Jan54Feb95Mar121Apr139May142Jun150Jul146Aug120Sep90Oct41Nov29Dec

July: 150 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 5.2 times less.

February: 54 against 52 in the oblast, 3.8% more.

Sokolivske: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,802750145
1011,6041,500290
1517,4062,250435

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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