Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Petrovo, Bilohirskyi Raion, Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Petrovo: 1,266 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 5° east of south (PVGIS). 1.4% below the oblast median (1,284). #53 of 139 in the rayon, #790 of 1025 in the oblast.

Bilohirsk, the rayon centre, is 25 km away. 451 m above sea level. 16 km away: Simferopol, the nearest bigger centre, 1,293 — 2.1% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 225 km. 8.45 m between rows, pitch 12.32 m (latitude 45.0°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,266kWh/year
Tilt
36°5° east of south
10 kW
12,660kWh/year
Row pitch
12.32m · 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: Petrovo

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 45.0° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 225 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

54Jan66Feb99Mar124Apr137May138Jun149Jul150Aug126Sep103Oct69Nov51Dec

August: 150 kWh/kWp, December: 51 — 2.9 times less.

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

Petrovo: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
56,330750255
1012,6601,500510
1518,9902,250765

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.