Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Rakivka, Buchanskyi Raion, Kyiv Oblast

Rakivka: 1,103 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 1.7% below the oblast median (1,122). #115 of 143 in the rayon, #924 of 1071 in the oblast.

Bucha, the rayon centre, is 12 km away. 108 m above sea level. 12 km away: Bucha, the nearest bigger centre, 1,092 — 1.0% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Київ, 29 km. 13.02 m between rows, pitch 16.79 m (latitude 50.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,103kWh/year
Tilt
38°3° east of south
10 kW
11,029kWh/year
Row pitch
16.79m · GCR 0.28
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,550 / 370Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Rakivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Київ, 29 km: snow 1,550 Pa, wind 370 Pa.

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

Yield by month

36Jan56Feb95Mar118Apr134May140Jun139Jul133Aug112Sep79Oct34Nov27Dec

June: 140 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.2 times less.

January: 36 against 34 in the oblast, 5.9% more.

Rakivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,515700135
1011,0291,400270
1516,5442,100405

Snow and wind: Київ

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Kyiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 376 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 47,122 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.