Solar plant: site data

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

Orlovka: 1,257 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 2.1% below the oblast median (1,284). #116 of 126 in the rayon, #921 of 1025 in the oblast.

Kurman, the rayon centre, is 31 km away. 119 m above sea level. 24 km away: Bilohirsk, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,261. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 211 km. 8.37 m between rows, pitch 12.29 m (latitude 45.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,257kWh/year
Tilt
35°2° east of south
10 kW
12,572kWh/year
Row pitch
12.29m · GCR 0.39
T_min
-27 °Cregion V, Crimean Mountains
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
760 / 480Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Orlovka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 45.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 211 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

45Jan60Feb102Mar127Apr143May140Jun150Jul153Aug129Sep98Oct64Nov46Dec

August: 153 kWh/kWp, January: 45 — 3.4 times less.

February: 60 against 64 in the oblast, 6.3% less.

Orlovka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustJanuary
56,286765225
1012,5721,530450
1518,8582,295675

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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