Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kostochky, Poltavskyi Raion, Poltava Oblast

Kostochky: 1,146 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 4° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,142). #326 of 751 in the rayon, #665 of 1856 in the oblast.

Poltava, the rayon centre, is 20 km away. 132 m above sea level. 14 km away: Reshetylivka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,143. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Полтава, 20 km. 11.71 m between rows, pitch 15.53 m (latitude 49.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,146kWh/year
Tilt
37°4° east of south
10 kW
11,464kWh/year
Row pitch
15.53m · GCR 0.31
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,450 / 470Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kostochky

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.6° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Полтава, 20 km: snow 1,450 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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

Yield by month

35Jan55Feb94Mar118Apr139May144Jun149Jul147Aug117Sep84Oct39Nov24Dec

July: 149 kWh/kWp, December: 24 — 6.2 times less.

December: 24 against 25 in the oblast, 4.0% less.

Kostochky: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,732745120
1011,4641,490240
1517,1962,235360

Snow and wind: Полтава

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Poltava: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 389 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 52,358 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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