Solar plant: site data

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

Protochnoye: 1,257 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 2.1% below the oblast median (1,284). #114 of 126 in the rayon, #918 of 1025 in the oblast.

Kurman, the rayon centre, is 18 km away. 37 m above sea level. 18 km away: Kurman, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,262. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 200 km. 8.45 m between rows, pitch 12.37 m (latitude 45.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,257kWh/year
Tilt
35°1° east of south
10 kW
12,574kWh/year
Row pitch
12.37m · 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: Protochnoye

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 45.4° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 200 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

42Jan57Feb104Mar129Apr145May141Jun152Jul155Aug130Sep97Oct62Nov43Dec

August: 155 kWh/kWp, January: 42 — 3.7 times less.

February: 57 against 64 in the oblast, 10.9% less.

Protochnoye: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustJanuary
56,287775210
1012,5741,550420
1518,8612,325630

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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