Solar plant: site data

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

Masandra: 1,321 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 34° facing south (PVGIS). 2.9% above the oblast median (1,284). #30 of 58 in the rayon, #191 of 1025 in the oblast.

Yalta, the rayon centre, is 2 km away. 140 m above sea level. 2 km away: Yalta, the nearest bigger centre, 1,313 — 0.6% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 266 km. 7.82 m between rows, pitch 11.79 m (latitude 44.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,321kWh/year
Tilt
34°facing south
10 kW
13,211kWh/year
Row pitch
11.79m · GCR 0.41
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: Masandra

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 44.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 266 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

50Jan67Feb105Mar133Apr146May152Jun162Jul161Aug133Sep101Oct62Nov48Dec

July: 162 kWh/kWp, December: 48 — 3.4 times less.

December: 48 against 45 in the oblast, 6.7% more.

Masandra: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,606810240
1013,2111,620480
1519,8172,430720

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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