Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Shchotove, Rovenkivskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Shchotove: 1,152 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,150). #90 of 96 in the rayon, #383 of 964 in the oblast.

Rovenky, the rayon centre, is 22 km away. 305 m above sea level. 22 km away: Rovenky, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,157. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 291 km. 10.34 m between rows, pitch 14.21 m (latitude 48.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,152kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
11,522kWh/year
Row pitch
14.21m · 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: Shchotove

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 291 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

41Jan56Feb87Mar114Apr135May141Jun146Jul148Aug124Sep88Oct45Nov27Dec

August: 148 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 5.5 times less.

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

Shchotove: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,761740135
1011,5221,480270
1517,2832,220405

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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