Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Sofiivka, Simferopolskyi Raion, Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Sofiivka: 1,291 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 0.6% above the oblast median (1,284). #61 of 115 in the rayon, #447 of 1025 in the oblast.

Simferopol, the rayon centre, is 18 km away. 157 m above sea level. 18 km away: Simferopol, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,293. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 202 km. 8.30 m between rows, pitch 12.22 m (latitude 45.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,291kWh/year
Tilt
35°1° east of south
10 kW
12,911kWh/year
Row pitch
12.22m · 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: Sofiivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 45.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 202 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

48Jan64Feb104Mar130Apr144May142Jun153Jul154Aug131Sep104Oct69Nov49Dec

August: 154 kWh/kWp, January: 48 — 3.2 times less.

November: 69 against 63 in the oblast, 9.5% more.

Sofiivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustJanuary
56,456770240
1012,9111,540480
1519,3672,310720

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.