Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Petrivka, Bolhradskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast

Petrivka: 1,239 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 1.5% above the oblast median (1,221). #77 of 99 in the rayon, #422 of 1177 in the oblast.

Bolhrad, the rayon centre, is 101 km away. 71 m above sea level. 79 km away: Rozdilna, the nearest bigger centre, 1,227 — 1.0% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Одеса, 119 km. 9.26 m between rows, pitch 13.13 m (latitude 46.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,239kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
12,392kWh/year
Row pitch
13.13m · GCR 0.36
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
880 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Petrivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 46.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Одеса, 119 km: snow 880 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

41Jan61Feb105Mar124Apr142May141Jun149Jul149Aug126Sep101Oct56Nov43Dec

July: 149 kWh/kWp, January: 41 — 3.6 times less.

December: 43 against 38 in the oblast, 13.2% more.

Petrivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyJanuary
56,196745205
1012,3921,490410
1518,5882,235615

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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