Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Stepanivka, Kremenchutskyi Raion, Poltava Oblast

Stepanivka: 1,185 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 3.8% above the oblast median (1,142). #6 of 329 in the rayon, #11 of 1856 in the oblast.

Kremenchuk, the rayon centre, is 48 km away. 80 m above sea level. 41 km away: Svitlovodsk, the nearest bigger centre, 1,177 — 0.7% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Черкаси, 64 km. 11.52 m between rows, pitch 15.34 m (latitude 49.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,185kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,848kWh/year
Row pitch
15.34m · GCR 0.31
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,520 / 420Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Stepanivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 49.4° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Черкаси, 64 km: snow 1,520 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

33Jan56Feb95Mar125Apr145May148Jun153Jul150Aug122Sep89Oct40Nov28Dec

July: 153 kWh/kWp, December: 28 — 5.5 times less.

December: 28 against 25 in the oblast, 12.0% more.

Stepanivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,924765140
1011,8481,530280
1517,7722,295420

Snow and wind: Черкаси

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Cherkasy: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 372 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 49,705 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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