Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Orlivka, Sevastopol City

Orlivka: 1,379 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 2° west of south (PVGIS). 3.5% above the oblast median (1,333). #5 of 42 in the oblast.

9 m above sea level. 14 km away: Sevastopol, the nearest bigger centre, 1,372 — 0.5% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 225 km. 8.32 m between rows, pitch 12.19 m (latitude 44.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,379kWh/year
Tilt
36°2° west of south
10 kW
13,792kWh/year
Row pitch
12.19m · GCR 0.39
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: Orlivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 44.7° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 225 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

56Jan73Feb114Mar136Apr153May153Jun163Jul162Aug137Sep110Oct71Nov52Dec

July: 163 kWh/kWp, December: 52 — 3.1 times less.

February: 73 against 69 in the oblast, 5.8% more.

Orlivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,896815260
1013,7921,630520
1520,6882,445780

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.