Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kotelva, Poltavskyi Raion, Poltava Oblast

Kotelva: 1,138 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,142). #612 of 751 in the rayon, #1182 of 1856 in the oblast.

Poltava, the rayon centre, is 55 km away. 102 m above sea level. 29 km away: Okhtyrka, the nearest bigger centre, 1,129 — 0.8% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Полтава, 55 km. 12.15 m between rows, pitch 15.97 m (latitude 50.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,138kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,375kWh/year
Row pitch
15.97m · GCR 0.30
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,450 / 470Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kotelva

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Полтава, 55 km: snow 1,450 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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

Yield by month

38Jan58Feb96Mar116Apr138May141Jun146Jul145Aug115Sep81Oct38Nov25Dec

July: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 25 — 5.8 times less.

January: 38 against 35 in the oblast, 8.6% more.

Kotelva: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,688730125
1011,3751,460250
1517,0632,190375

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