Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Okhtyrka, Okhtyrskyi Raion, Sumy Oblast

Okhtyrka: 1,129 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.7% above the oblast median (1,110). #110 of 187 in the rayon, #126 of 1534 in the oblast.

Okhtyrka is the rayon centre. 125 m above sea level. 68 km away: Sumy, the nearest bigger centre, 1,117 — 1.0% more here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Суми, 67 km. 12.66 m between rows, pitch 16.43 m (latitude 50.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,129kWh/year
Tilt
38°1° east of south
10 kW
11,287kWh/year
Row pitch
16.43m · 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: Okhtyrka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Суми, 67 km: snow 1,670 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

38Jan61Feb96Mar115Apr138May141Jun144Jul143Aug113Sep79Oct37Nov24Dec

July: 144 kWh/kWp, December: 24 — 6.0 times less.

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

Okhtyrka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,644720120
1011,2871,440240
1516,9312,160360

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.