Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Karachun, Rivnenskyi Raion, Rivne Oblast

Karachun: 1,064 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 4° east of south (PVGIS). 1.8% below the oblast median (1,084). #438 of 450 in the rayon, #914 of 1044 in the oblast.

Rivne, the rayon centre, is 61 km away. 164 m above sea level. 24 km away: Sarny, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,063. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Рівне, 60 km. 13.54 m between rows, pitch 17.31 m (latitude 51.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,064kWh/year
Tilt
38°4° east of south
10 kW
10,644kWh/year
Row pitch
17.31m · GCR 0.28
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,320 / 520Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Karachun

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 51.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Рівне, 60 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 520 Pa.

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

Yield by month

34Jan54Feb91Mar116Apr128May132Jun133Jul132Aug106Sep78Oct34Nov27Dec

July: 133 kWh/kWp, December: 27 — 4.9 times less.

January: 34 against 32 in the oblast, 6.3% more.

Karachun: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,322665135
1010,6441,330270
1515,9661,995405

Snow and wind: Рівне

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Rivne: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 415 kg of steel, 16 piles, materials ≈ 55,054 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.