Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kovylne, Rovenkivskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Kovylne: 1,157 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 0.6% above the oblast median (1,150). #35 of 96 in the rayon, #158 of 964 in the oblast.

Rovenky, the rayon centre, is 40 km away. 303 m above sea level. 23 km away: Alchevsk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,149 — 0.7% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 273 km. 10.41 m between rows, pitch 14.28 m (latitude 48.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,157kWh/year
Tilt
36°1° east of south
10 kW
11,568kWh/year
Row pitch
14.28m · 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: Kovylne

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 273 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

41Jan56Feb88Mar115Apr137May142Jun145Jul148Aug123Sep88Oct45Nov28Dec

August: 148 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.3 times less.

December: 28 against 26 in the oblast, 7.7% more.

Kovylne: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,784740140
1011,5681,480280
1517,3522,220420

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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