Solar plant: site data

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

Nikita: 1,346 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° facing south (PVGIS). 4.8% above the oblast median (1,284). #3 of 58 in the rayon, #36 of 1025 in the oblast.

Yalta, the rayon centre, is 6 km away. 132 m above sea level. 6 km away: Yalta, the nearest bigger centre, 1,313 — 2.5% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 268 km. 8.02 m between rows, pitch 11.94 m (latitude 44.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,346kWh/year
Tilt
35°facing south
10 kW
13,459kWh/year
Row pitch
11.94m · GCR 0.40
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: Nikita

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, 268 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

54Jan69Feb107Mar135Apr147May153Jun163Jul163Aug136Sep104Oct64Nov51Dec

July: 163 kWh/kWp, December: 51 — 3.2 times less.

January: 54 against 47 in the oblast, 14.9% more.

Nikita: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,730815255
1013,4591,630510
1520,1892,445765

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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