Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Verkhnosadove, Sevastopol City

Verkhnosadove: 1,338 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,333). #21 of 42 in the oblast.

64 m above sea level. 14 km away: Bakhchysaray, the nearest bigger centre, 1,320 — 1.4% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Херсон, 233 km. 8.31 m between rows, pitch 12.18 m (latitude 44.7°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,338kWh/year
Tilt
36°1° east of south
10 kW
13,381kWh/year
Row pitch
12.18m · 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: Verkhnosadove

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

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

Yield by month

55Jan71Feb108Mar132Apr147May146Jun157Jul156Aug133Sep109Oct72Nov52Dec

July: 157 kWh/kWp, December: 52 — 3.0 times less.

November: 72 against 69 in the oblast, 4.3% more.

Verkhnosadove: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
56,691785260
1013,3811,570520
1520,0722,355780

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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