Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Hertopy, Podilskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast

Hertopy: 1,181 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 3° east of south (PVGIS). 3.3% below the oblast median (1,221). #149 of 301 in the rayon, #1022 of 1177 in the oblast.

Balta, the rayon centre, is 27 km away. 163 m above sea level. 18 km away: Okny, the nearest bigger centre, 1,190 — 0.8% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Одеса, 162 km. 10.00 m between rows, pitch 13.87 m (latitude 47.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,181kWh/year
Tilt
36°3° east of south
10 kW
11,805kWh/year
Row pitch
13.87m · GCR 0.34
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
880 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Hertopy

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 47.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Одеса, 162 km: snow 880 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

37Jan54Feb99Mar121Apr139May141Jun149Jul146Aug120Sep95Oct48Nov34Dec

July: 149 kWh/kWp, December: 34 — 4.4 times less.

December: 34 against 38 in the oblast, 10.5% less.

Hertopy: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,903745170
1011,8051,490340
1517,7082,235510

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

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