Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Balaklava, Sevastopol City

Balaklava: 1,354 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 34° 1° west of south (PVGIS). 1.6% above the oblast median (1,333). #15 of 42 in the oblast.

10 m above sea level. 12 km away: Sevastopol, the nearest bigger centre, 1,372 — 1.3% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 249 km. 7.82 m between rows, pitch 11.79 m (latitude 44.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,354kWh/year
Tilt
34°1° west of south
10 kW
13,538kWh/year
Row pitch
11.79m · GCR 0.41
T_min
-20 °Cregion IV, Southern coast of Crimea
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
760 / 480Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Balaklava

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 44.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 249 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

52Jan68Feb110Mar136Apr152May154Jun165Jul162Aug135Sep106Oct67Nov46Dec

July: 165 kWh/kWp, December: 46 — 3.6 times less.

December: 46 against 51 in the oblast, 9.8% less.

Balaklava: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,769825230
1013,5381,650460
1520,3072,475690

Snow and wind: Херсон

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Kherson: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 349 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 47,980 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.