Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Balabanka, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast

Balabanka: 1,306 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 7.0% above the oblast median (1,221). #35 of 134 in the rayon, #55 of 1177 in the oblast.

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, the rayon centre, is 61 km away. 2 m above sea level. 58 km away: Kiliya, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,311. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Одеса, 104 km. 8.85 m between rows, pitch 12.72 m (latitude 45.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,306kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
13,062kWh/year
Row pitch
12.72m · GCR 0.38
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
880 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Balabanka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 45.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Одеса, 104 km: snow 880 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

52Jan69Feb112Mar130Apr148May145Jun155Jul156Aug130Sep102Oct59Nov48Dec

August: 156 kWh/kWp, December: 48 — 3.3 times less.

January: 52 against 40 in the oblast, 30.0% more.

Balabanka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
56,531780240
1013,0621,560480
1519,5932,340720

Snow and wind: Одеса

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Odesa: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 349 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 47,980 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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