Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in General’skoye, Yaltynskyi Raion, Autonomous Republic of Crimea

General’skoye: 1,306 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° 11° east of south (PVGIS). 1.7% above the oblast median (1,284). #37 of 58 in the rayon, #297 of 1025 in the oblast.

Yalta, the rayon centre, is 42 km away. 297 m above sea level. 15 km away: Alushta, the nearest bigger centre, 1,288 — 1.4% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 250 km. 8.16 m between rows, pitch 12.08 m (latitude 44.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,306kWh/year
Tilt
35°11° east of south
10 kW
13,059kWh/year
Row pitch
12.08m · GCR 0.40
T_min
-27 °Cregion V, Crimean Mountains
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
760 / 480Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: General’skoye

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 44.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 250 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

51Jan68Feb103Mar130Apr144May148Jun158Jul158Aug132Sep103Oct62Nov49Dec

July: 158 kWh/kWp, December: 49 — 3.2 times less.

December: 49 against 45 in the oblast, 8.9% more.

General’skoye: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,530790245
1013,0591,580490
1519,5892,370735

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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