Solar plant: site data

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

Foros: 1,354 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° 1° west of south (PVGIS). 5.4% above the oblast median (1,284). #1 of 58 in the rayon, #23 of 1025 in the oblast.

Yalta, the rayon centre, is 32 km away. 32 m above sea level. 32 km away: Sevastopol, the nearest bigger centre, 1,372 — 1.4% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 266 km. 7.97 m between rows, pitch 11.89 m (latitude 44.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,354kWh/year
Tilt
35°1° west of south
10 kW
13,535kWh/year
Row pitch
11.89m · 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: Foros

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 44.4° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 266 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

52Jan67Feb108Mar136Apr151May155Jun166Jul163Aug137Sep105Oct65Nov49Dec

July: 166 kWh/kWp, December: 49 — 3.4 times less.

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

Foros: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,768830245
1013,5351,660490
1520,3032,490735

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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