Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kovalivka, Svativskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Kovalivka: 1,140 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 0.9% below the oblast median (1,150). #37 of 189 in the rayon, #711 of 964 in the oblast.

Svatove, the rayon centre, is 13 km away. 131 m above sea level. 13 km away: Svatove, the nearest bigger centre, 1,131 — 0.7% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 148 km. 11.22 m between rows, pitch 15.09 m (latitude 49.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,140kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
11,395kWh/year
Row pitch
15.09m · GCR 0.32
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,600 / 430Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kovalivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 148 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

40Jan54Feb87Mar116Apr136May143Jun148Jul147Aug120Sep84Oct41Nov24Dec

July: 148 kWh/kWp, December: 24 — 6.2 times less.

December: 24 against 26 in the oblast, 7.7% less.

Kovalivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,698740120
1011,3951,480240
1517,0932,220360

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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