Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Dokuchayevo, Kurmanskyi Raion, Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Dokuchayevo: 1,261 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.8% below the oblast median (1,284). #92 of 126 in the rayon, #865 of 1025 in the oblast.

Kurman, the rayon centre, is 24 km away. 84 m above sea level. 24 km away: Kurman, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,262. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 202 km. 8.39 m between rows, pitch 12.31 m (latitude 45.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,261kWh/year
Tilt
35°2° east of south
10 kW
12,610kWh/year
Row pitch
12.31m · GCR 0.39
T_min
-27 °Cregion V, Crimean Mountains
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
760 / 480Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Dokuchayevo

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 45.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 202 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

42Jan59Feb103Mar129Apr144May141Jun151Jul154Aug130Sep99Oct64Nov45Dec

August: 154 kWh/kWp, January: 42 — 3.7 times less.

January: 42 against 47 in the oblast, 10.6% less.

Dokuchayevo: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustJanuary
56,305770210
1012,6101,540420
1518,9152,310630

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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