Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Rodnykove, Sevastopol City

Rodnykove: 1,191 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 31° facing south (PVGIS). 10.7% below the oblast median (1,333). #42 of 42 in the oblast.

269 m above sea level. 25 km away: Yalta, the nearest bigger centre, 1,313 — 9.3% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 260 km. 7.19 m between rows, pitch 11.29 m (latitude 44.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,191kWh/year
Tilt
31°facing south
10 kW
11,906kWh/year
Row pitch
11.29m · GCR 0.42
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: Rodnykove

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

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

Yield by month

34Jan61Feb98Mar126Apr139May142Jun151Jul149Aug121Sep95Oct52Nov23Dec

July: 151 kWh/kWp, December: 23 — 6.6 times less.

December: 23 against 51 in the oblast, 54.9% less.

Rodnykove: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,953755115
1011,9061,510230
1517,8592,265345

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.