Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kotovskoye, Perekopskyi Raion, Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Kotovskoye: 1,331 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 4° west of south (PVGIS). 3.7% above the oblast median (1,284). #5 of 84 in the rayon, #114 of 1025 in the oblast.

Yany Kapu, the rayon centre, is 56 km away. 30 m above sea level. 26 km away: Rozdolne, the nearest bigger centre, 1,319 — 1.0% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 113 km. 8.81 m between rows, pitch 12.68 m (latitude 45.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,331kWh/year
Tilt
36°4° west of south
10 kW
13,314kWh/year
Row pitch
12.68m · 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: Kotovskoye

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 45.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 113 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

49Jan67Feb114Mar136Apr153May149Jun163Jul160Aug135Sep102Oct61Nov42Dec

July: 163 kWh/kWp, December: 42 — 3.9 times less.

March: 114 against 106 in the oblast, 7.5% more.

Kotovskoye: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,657815210
1013,3141,630420
1519,9712,445630

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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