Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kopiiky, Okhtyrskyi Raion, Sumy Oblast

Kopiiky: 1,123 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.2% above the oblast median (1,110). #174 of 187 in the rayon, #296 of 1534 in the oblast.

Okhtyrka, the rayon centre, is 35 km away. 128 m above sea level. 25 km away: Bohodukhiv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,127. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 73 km. 12.44 m between rows, pitch 16.26 m (latitude 50.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,123kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° east of south
10 kW
11,231kWh/year
Row pitch
16.26m · 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: Kopiiky

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.4° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Харків, 73 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

35Jan57Feb91Mar115Apr139May144Jun146Jul144Aug113Sep79Oct37Nov22Dec

July: 146 kWh/kWp, December: 22 — 6.6 times less.

November: 37 against 35 in the oblast, 5.7% more.

Kopiiky: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,616730110
1011,2311,460220
1516,8472,190330

Snow and wind: Харків

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Kharkiv: 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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