Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Bratenytsia, Okhtyrskyi Raion, Sumy Oblast

Bratenytsia: 1,132 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° facing south (PVGIS). 2.0% above the oblast median (1,110). #45 of 187 in the rayon, #48 of 1534 in the oblast.

Okhtyrka, the rayon centre, is 52 km away. 149 m above sea level. 22 km away: Bohodukhiv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,127. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 58 km. 12.42 m between rows, pitch 16.24 m (latitude 50.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,132kWh/year
Tilt
37°facing south
10 kW
11,321kWh/year
Row pitch
16.24m · GCR 0.29
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,600 / 430Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Bratenytsia

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 58 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

39Jan60Feb95Mar115Apr138May142Jun146Jul144Aug114Sep79Oct37Nov23Dec

July: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 23 — 6.3 times less.

January: 39 against 36 in the oblast, 8.3% more.

Bratenytsia: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,661730115
1011,3211,460230
1516,9822,190345

Snow and wind: Харків

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Kharkiv: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 385 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 51,876 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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