Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Valiivka, Luhanskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Valiivka: 1,154 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,150). #71 of 101 in the rayon, #286 of 964 in the oblast.

Luhansk, the rayon centre, is 15 km away. 66 m above sea level. 15 km away: Luhansk, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,159. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 288 km. 10.58 m between rows, pitch 14.45 m (latitude 48.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,154kWh/year
Tilt
36°1° east of south
10 kW
11,540kWh/year
Row pitch
14.45m · 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: Valiivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 288 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

39Jan57Feb89Mar116Apr139May143Jun145Jul147Aug123Sep85Oct43Nov26Dec

August: 147 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.7 times less.

February: 57 against 56 in the oblast, 1.8% more.

Valiivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,770735130
1011,5401,470260
1517,3102,205390

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

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