Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Shturmove, Sevastopol City

Shturmove: 1,365 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 35° 1° west of south (PVGIS). 2.4% above the oblast median (1,333). #14 of 42 in the oblast.

18 m above sea level. 9 km away: Sevastopol, the nearest bigger centre, 1,372 — 0.6% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 243 km. 8.05 m between rows, pitch 11.97 m (latitude 44.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,365kWh/year
Tilt
35°1° west of south
10 kW
13,645kWh/year
Row pitch
11.97m · 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: Shturmove

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

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

Yield by month

56Jan71Feb111Mar135Apr152May152Jun163Jul160Aug135Sep108Oct71Nov52Dec

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

January: 56 against 53 in the oblast, 5.7% more.

Shturmove: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,823815260
1013,6451,630520
1520,4682,445780

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.