Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Rovenky, Rovenkivskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Rovenky: 1,157 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° facing south (PVGIS). 0.6% above the oblast median (1,150). #33 of 96 in the rayon, #146 of 964 in the oblast.

Rovenky is the rayon centre. 265 m above sea level. 20 km away: Dovzhansk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,149 — 0.7% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 312 km. 10.02 m between rows, pitch 13.94 m (latitude 48.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,157kWh/year
Tilt
35°facing south
10 kW
11,571kWh/year
Row pitch
13.94m · 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: Rovenky

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 312 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

40Jan53Feb86Mar116Apr137May142Jun146Jul149Aug125Sep89Oct45Nov28Dec

August: 149 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.3 times less.

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

Rovenky: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,786745140
1011,5711,490280
1517,3572,235420

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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