Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Ponomarenky, Okhtyrskyi Raion, Sumy Oblast

Ponomarenky: 1,127 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.6% above the oblast median (1,110). #138 of 187 in the rayon, #176 of 1534 in the oblast.

Okhtyrka, the rayon centre, is 48 km away. 130 m above sea level. 28 km away: Bohodukhiv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,127. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Харків, 67 km. 12.49 m between rows, pitch 16.31 m (latitude 50.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,127kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° east of south
10 kW
11,271kWh/year
Row pitch
16.31m · 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: Ponomarenky

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, 67 km: snow 1,600 Pa, wind 430 Pa.

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

Yield by month

36Jan58Feb93Mar116Apr139May144Jun146Jul144Aug114Sep79Oct37Nov22Dec

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

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

Ponomarenky: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,636730110
1011,2711,460220
1516,9072,190330

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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