Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Melkovodnoye, Dzhankoiskyi Raion, Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Melkovodnoye: 1,286 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° 1° west of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,284). #10 of 114 in the rayon, #496 of 1025 in the oblast.

Dzhankoy, the rayon centre, is 19 km away. 5 m above sea level. 19 km away: Dzhankoy, the nearest bigger centre, 1,273 — 1.0% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 163 km. 8.69 m between rows, pitch 12.61 m (latitude 45.9°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,286kWh/year
Tilt
35°1° west of south
10 kW
12,860kWh/year
Row pitch
12.61m · 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: Melkovodnoye

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 45.9° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 163 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

45Jan61Feb109Mar130Apr149May145Jun158Jul158Aug134Sep98Oct57Nov42Dec

July: 158 kWh/kWp, December: 42 — 3.8 times less.

November: 57 against 63 in the oblast, 9.5% less.

Melkovodnoye: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,430790210
1012,8601,580420
1519,2902,370630

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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