Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Artema, Alchevskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Artema: 1,155 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,150). #8 of 86 in the rayon, #255 of 964 in the oblast.

Alchevsk, the rayon centre, is 28 km away. 95 m above sea level. 28 km away: Alchevsk, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,149. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 225 km. 10.72 m between rows, pitch 14.59 m (latitude 48.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,155kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
11,545kWh/year
Row pitch
14.59m · GCR 0.33
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,600 / 430Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Artema

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 225 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

40Jan60Feb91Mar115Apr138May142Jun144Jul147Aug122Sep86Oct44Nov27Dec

August: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.4 times less.

February: 60 against 56 in the oblast, 7.1% more.

Artema: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,773735135
1011,5451,470270
1517,3182,205405

Snow and wind: Харків

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Kharkiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 385 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 51,876 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

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