Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Derkachi, Sumskyi Raion, Sumy Oblast

Derkachi: 1,122 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.1% above the oblast median (1,110). #82 of 466 in the rayon, #335 of 1534 in the oblast.

Sumy, the rayon centre, is 30 km away. 193 m above sea level. 30 km away: Sumy, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,117. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Суми, 30 km. 13.16 m between rows, pitch 16.93 m (latitude 50.8°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,122kWh/year
Tilt
38°2° east of south
10 kW
11,218kWh/year
Row pitch
16.93m · GCR 0.28
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,670 / 420Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Derkachi

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.8° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Суми, 30 km: snow 1,670 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

36Jan62Feb98Mar115Apr139May142Jun144Jul142Aug110Sep76Oct36Nov23Dec

July: 144 kWh/kWp, December: 23 — 6.3 times less.

February: 62 against 59 in the oblast, 5.1% more.

Derkachi: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,609720115
1011,2181,440230
1516,8272,160345

Snow and wind: Суми

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Sumy: 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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Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.