Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Alushta, Yaltynskyi Raion, Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Alushta: 1,288 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,284). #48 of 58 in the rayon, #478 of 1025 in the oblast.

Yalta, the rayon centre, is 27 km away. 40 m above sea level. 27 km away: Yalta, the nearest bigger centre, 1,313 — 1.9% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 259 km. 8.10 m between rows, pitch 12.02 m (latitude 44.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,288kWh/year
Tilt
35°1° east of south
10 kW
12,878kWh/year
Row pitch
12.02m · GCR 0.40
T_min
-20 °Cregion IV, Southern coast of Crimea
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
760 / 480Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Alushta

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 44.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 259 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

52Jan68Feb101Mar127Apr140May145Jun155Jul155Aug130Sep102Oct64Nov49Dec

July: 155 kWh/kWp, December: 49 — 3.2 times less.

January: 52 against 47 in the oblast, 10.6% more.

Alushta: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,439775245
1012,8781,550490
1519,3172,325735

Snow and wind: Херсон

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Kherson: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 349 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 47,980 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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