Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kovpakove, Rovenkivskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Kovpakove: 1,156 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 0.5% above the oblast median (1,150). #47 of 96 in the rayon, #199 of 964 in the oblast.

Rovenky, the rayon centre, is 23 km away. 260 m above sea level. 23 km away: Rovenky, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,157. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 289 km. 10.35 m between rows, pitch 14.22 m (latitude 48.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,156kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
11,556kWh/year
Row pitch
14.22m · GCR 0.34
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,600 / 430Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kovpakove

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 289 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

42Jan56Feb88Mar114Apr136May141Jun146Jul148Aug124Sep88Oct45Nov27Dec

August: 148 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.5 times less.

January: 42 against 39 in the oblast, 7.7% more.

Kovpakove: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,778740135
1011,5561,480270
1517,3342,220405

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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Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.