Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Katanske, Okhtyrskyi Raion, Sumy Oblast

Katanske: 1,126 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.4% above the oblast median (1,110). #154 of 187 in the rayon, #222 of 1534 in the oblast.

Okhtyrka, the rayon centre, is 21 km away. 117 m above sea level. 21 km away: Okhtyrka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,129. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Суми, 63 km. 12.46 m between rows, pitch 16.28 m (latitude 50.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,126kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° east of south
10 kW
11,256kWh/year
Row pitch
16.28m · GCR 0.29
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,670 / 420Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Katanske

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.4° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Суми, 63 km: snow 1,670 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

39Jan57Feb90Mar116Apr139May143Jun146Jul144Aug113Sep79Oct37Nov24Dec

July: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 24 — 6.1 times less.

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

Katanske: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,628730120
1011,2561,460240
1516,8842,190360

Snow and wind: Суми

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Sumy: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 359 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 53,991 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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