Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Sotenne, Shchastynskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Sotenne: 1,151 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,150). #40 of 83 in the rayon, #428 of 964 in the oblast.

Novoaidar, the rayon centre, is 26 km away. 67 m above sea level. 26 km away: Novoaidar, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,155. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 255 km. 10.89 m between rows, pitch 14.76 m (latitude 48.9°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,151kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
11,512kWh/year
Row pitch
14.76m · 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: Sotenne

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.9° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 255 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

37Jan59Feb92Mar116Apr139May144Jun146Jul147Aug122Sep84Oct42Nov25Dec

August: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 25 — 5.9 times less.

February: 59 against 56 in the oblast, 5.4% more.

Sotenne: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,756735125
1011,5121,470250
1517,2682,205375

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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