Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kruta Hora, Luhanskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Kruta Hora: 1,141 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 2° west of south (PVGIS). 0.8% below the oblast median (1,150). #101 of 101 in the rayon, #678 of 964 in the oblast.

Luhansk, the rayon centre, is 16 km away. 104 m above sea level. 16 km away: Luhansk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,159 — 1.6% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 258 km. 10.69 m between rows, pitch 14.56 m (latitude 48.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,141kWh/year
Tilt
36°2° west of south
10 kW
11,408kWh/year
Row pitch
14.56m · 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: Kruta Hora

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, 258 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

34Jan56Feb90Mar116Apr138May142Jun145Jul146Aug122Sep84Oct41Nov25Dec

August: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 25 — 5.8 times less.

January: 34 against 39 in the oblast, 12.8% less.

Kruta Hora: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,704730125
1011,4081,460250
1517,1122,190375

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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