Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kopana Balka, Izmailskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast

Kopana Balka: 1,308 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 7.1% above the oblast median (1,221). #11 of 52 in the rayon, #50 of 1177 in the oblast.

Izmayil, the rayon centre, is 4 km away. 15 m above sea level. 4 km away: Izmayil, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,306. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Одеса, 193 km. 8.62 m between rows, pitch 12.49 m (latitude 45.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,308kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
13,075kWh/year
Row pitch
12.49m · 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: Kopana Balka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 45.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Одеса, 193 km: snow 880 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

56Jan70Feb113Mar130Apr143May143Jun153Jul154Aug130Sep102Oct61Nov52Dec

August: 154 kWh/kWp, December: 52 — 3.0 times less.

January: 56 against 40 in the oblast, 40.0% more.

Kopana Balka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
56,538770260
1013,0751,540520
1519,6132,310780

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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Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.