Solar plant: site data

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

Stepnoye: 1,287 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,284). #114 of 120 in the rayon, #491 of 1025 in the oblast.

Yevpatoriya, the rayon centre, is 42 km away. 101 m above sea level. 27 km away: Simferopol, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,293. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 193 km. 8.32 m between rows, pitch 12.24 m (latitude 45.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,287kWh/year
Tilt
35°facing south
10 kW
12,865kWh/year
Row pitch
12.24m · 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: Stepnoye

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, 193 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

46Jan60Feb106Mar131Apr147May145Jun153Jul155Aug131Sep103Oct66Nov45Dec

August: 155 kWh/kWp, December: 45 — 3.4 times less.

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

Stepnoye: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
56,433775225
1012,8651,550450
1519,2982,325675

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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