Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Chornorichchya, Sevastopol City

Chornorichchya: 1,250 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 33° 18° west of south (PVGIS). 6.2% below the oblast median (1,333). #40 of 42 in the oblast.

27 m above sea level. 14 km away: Sevastopol, the nearest bigger centre, 1,372 — 8.9% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 247 km. 7.63 m between rows, pitch 11.64 m (latitude 44.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,250kWh/year
Tilt
33°18° west of south
10 kW
12,502kWh/year
Row pitch
11.64m · 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: Chornorichchya

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, 247 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

42Jan61Feb99Mar129Apr148May150Jun159Jul154Aug123Sep91Oct56Nov38Dec

July: 159 kWh/kWp, December: 38 — 4.2 times less.

December: 38 against 51 in the oblast, 25.5% less.

Chornorichchya: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,251795190
1012,5021,590380
1518,7532,385570

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.