Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Metolkine, Siverskodonetskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Metolkine: 1,136 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.2% below the oblast median (1,150). #91 of 100 in the rayon, #780 of 964 in the oblast.

Siverskodonetsk, the rayon centre, is 5 km away. 90 m above sea level. 5 km away: Siverskodonetsk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,150 — 1.2% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 205 km. 11.16 m between rows, pitch 14.98 m (latitude 48.9°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,136kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° east of south
10 kW
11,364kWh/year
Row pitch
14.98m · 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: Metolkine

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.9° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 205 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

40Jan59Feb91Mar114Apr134May139Jun141Jul145Aug120Sep83Oct43Nov28Dec

August: 145 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.2 times less.

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

Metolkine: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,682725140
1011,3641,450280
1517,0462,175420

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

How these numbers are computed

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