Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Vydno-Sofiivka, Luhanskyi Raion, Luhansk Oblast

Vydno-Sofiivka: 1,155 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,150). #65 of 101 in the rayon, #245 of 964 in the oblast.

Luhansk, the rayon centre, is 20 km away. 69 m above sea level. 20 km away: Luhansk, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,159. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 293 km. 10.53 m between rows, pitch 14.40 m (latitude 48.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,155kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
11,546kWh/year
Row pitch
14.40m · 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: Vydno-Sofiivka

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, 293 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

39Jan53Feb88Mar116Apr139May143Jun146Jul148Aug124Sep87Oct44Nov26Dec

August: 148 kWh/kWp, December: 26 — 5.7 times less.

February: 53 against 56 in the oblast, 5.4% less.

Vydno-Sofiivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
55,773740130
1011,5461,480260
1517,3192,220390

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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