Solar plant: site data

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

Blizhneye: 1,262 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° facing south (PVGIS). 1.7% below the oblast median (1,284). #86 of 126 in the rayon, #846 of 1025 in the oblast.

Kurman, the rayon centre, is 2 km away. 38 m above sea level. 2 km away: Kurman, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,262. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 180 km. 8.51 m between rows, pitch 12.43 m (latitude 45.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,262kWh/year
Tilt
35°facing south
10 kW
12,624kWh/year
Row pitch
12.43m · 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: Blizhneye

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 45.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 180 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

44Jan59Feb105Mar128Apr145May141Jun154Jul155Aug130Sep98Oct61Nov42Dec

August: 155 kWh/kWp, December: 42 — 3.7 times less.

February: 59 against 64 in the oblast, 7.8% less.

Blizhneye: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
56,312775210
1012,6241,550420
1518,9362,325630

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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Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.