Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Chkalovo, Bilohirskyi Raion, Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Chkalovo: 1,280 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° 1° west of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,284). #11 of 139 in the rayon, #559 of 1025 in the oblast.

Bilohirsk, the rayon centre, is 64 km away. 8 m above sea level. 19 km away: Nizhnegorskiy, the nearest bigger centre, 1,270 — 0.8% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 206 km. 8.55 m between rows, pitch 12.47 m (latitude 45.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,280kWh/year
Tilt
35°1° west of south
10 kW
12,803kWh/year
Row pitch
12.47m · GCR 0.38
T_min
-27 °Cregion V, Crimean Mountains
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
760 / 480Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Chkalovo

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 45.6° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 206 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

44Jan61Feb107Mar131Apr147May144Jun156Jul158Aug133Sep97Oct59Nov44Dec

August: 158 kWh/kWp, January: 44 — 3.6 times less.

January: 44 against 47 in the oblast, 6.4% less.

Chkalovo: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustJanuary
56,402790220
1012,8031,580440
1519,2052,370660

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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