Solar plant: site data

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

Stepnoye: 1,277 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° facing south (PVGIS). 0.5% below the oblast median (1,284). #19 of 126 in the rayon, #603 of 1025 in the oblast.

Kurman, the rayon centre, is 44 km away. 47 m above sea level. 26 km away: Rozdolne, the nearest bigger centre, 1,319 — 3.1% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 142 km. 8.57 m between rows, pitch 12.49 m (latitude 45.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,277kWh/year
Tilt
35°facing south
10 kW
12,774kWh/year
Row pitch
12.49m · GCR 0.38
T_min
-27 °Cregion V, Crimean Mountains
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
760 / 480Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Stepnoye

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 45.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 142 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

46Jan59Feb107Mar131Apr146May143Jun156Jul156Aug132Sep100Oct60Nov42Dec

July: 156 kWh/kWp, December: 42 — 3.7 times less.

February: 59 against 64 in the oblast, 7.8% less.

Stepnoye: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,387780210
1012,7741,560420
1519,1612,340630

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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