Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Popivka, Lubenskyi Raion, Poltava Oblast

Popivka: 1,128 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.2% below the oblast median (1,142). #271 of 346 in the rayon, #1603 of 1856 in the oblast.

Lubny, the rayon centre, is 36 km away. 90 m above sea level. 26 km away: Velyka Bahachka, the nearest bigger centre, 1,144 — 1.4% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Полтава, 88 km. 11.61 m between rows, pitch 15.48 m (latitude 49.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,128kWh/year
Tilt
36°2° east of south
10 kW
11,279kWh/year
Row pitch
15.48m · 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: Popivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Полтава, 88 km: snow 1,450 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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

Yield by month

32Jan50Feb90Mar118Apr139May143Jun148Jul146Aug116Sep83Oct38Nov24Dec

July: 148 kWh/kWp, December: 24 — 6.2 times less.

February: 50 against 56 in the oblast, 10.7% less.

Popivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,640740120
1011,2791,480240
1516,9192,220360

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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