Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Dovhe, Alchevskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Dovhe: 1,152 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° west of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,150). #33 of 86 in the rayon, #404 of 964 in the oblast.

Alchevsk, the rayon centre, is 26 km away. 71 m above sea level. 22 km away: Luhansk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,159 — 0.6% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 252 km. 10.68 m between rows, pitch 14.55 m (latitude 48.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,152kWh/year
Tilt
36°1° west of south
10 kW
11,518kWh/year
Row pitch
14.55m · 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: Dovhe

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.6° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 252 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

37Jan56Feb91Mar116Apr139May142Jun145Jul147Aug123Sep86Oct44Nov27Dec

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

January: 37 against 39 in the oblast, 5.1% less.

Dovhe: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,759735135
1011,5181,470270
1517,2772,205405

Snow and wind: Харків

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Kharkiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 359 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 53,991 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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