Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Novyi, Alchevskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Novyi: 1,153 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,150). #16 of 86 in the rayon, #334 of 964 in the oblast.

Alchevsk, the rayon centre, is 15 km away. 240 m above sea level. 15 km away: Alchevsk, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,149. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 238 km. 10.57 m between rows, pitch 14.44 m (latitude 48.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,153kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
11,533kWh/year
Row pitch
14.44m · 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: Novyi

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 238 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

41Jan57Feb88Mar115Apr137May142Jun145Jul147Aug123Sep88Oct45Nov27Dec

August: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.4 times less.

January: 41 against 39 in the oblast, 5.1% more.

Novyi: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,767735135
1011,5331,470270
1517,3002,205405

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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