Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Shtormove, Shchastynskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Shtormove: 1,156 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 0.5% above the oblast median (1,150). #13 of 83 in the rayon, #199 of 964 in the oblast.

Novoaidar, the rayon centre, is 16 km away. 56 m above sea level. 16 km away: Novoaidar, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,155. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 218 km. 11.03 m between rows, pitch 14.90 m (latitude 49.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,156kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
11,556kWh/year
Row pitch
14.90m · 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: Shtormove

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 218 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

40Jan60Feb91Mar116Apr138May143Jun145Jul148Aug122Sep84Oct42Nov25Dec

August: 148 kWh/kWp, December: 25 — 5.9 times less.

February: 60 against 56 in the oblast, 7.1% more.

Shtormove: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,778740125
1011,5561,480250
1517,3342,220375

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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