Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Ridne, Sevastopol City

Ridne: 1,311 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° facing south (PVGIS). 1.7% below the oblast median (1,333). #27 of 42 in the oblast.

243 m above sea level. 18 km away: Sevastopol, the nearest bigger centre, 1,372 — 4.5% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 248 km. 8.04 m between rows, pitch 11.96 m (latitude 44.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,311kWh/year
Tilt
35°facing south
10 kW
13,107kWh/year
Row pitch
11.96m · GCR 0.40
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: Ridne

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 44.6° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Херсон, 248 km: snow 760 Pa, wind 480 Pa.

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

Yield by month

52Jan69Feb105Mar129Apr144May146Jun156Jul154Aug129Sep106Oct70Nov50Dec

July: 156 kWh/kWp, December: 50 — 3.1 times less.

September: 129 against 133 in the oblast, 3.0% less.

Ridne: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,554780250
1013,1071,560500
1519,6612,340750

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.