Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Plotyna, Shchastynskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Plotyna: 1,142 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 0.7% below the oblast median (1,150). #82 of 83 in the rayon, #662 of 964 in the oblast.

Novoaidar, the rayon centre, is 40 km away. 113 m above sea level. 29 km away: Luhansk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,159 — 1.5% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 270 km. 10.79 m between rows, pitch 14.66 m (latitude 48.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,142kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
11,415kWh/year
Row pitch
14.66m · 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: Plotyna

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 270 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

39Jan58Feb90Mar115Apr137May141Jun143Jul146Aug122Sep84Oct42Nov26Dec

August: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.6 times less.

February: 58 against 56 in the oblast, 3.6% more.

Plotyna: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,708730130
1011,4151,460260
1517,1232,190390

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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