Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Pozhnia, Okhtyrskyi Raion, Sumy Oblast

Pozhnia: 1,128 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 1.7% above the oblast median (1,110). #121 of 187 in the rayon, #145 of 1534 in the oblast.

Okhtyrka, the rayon centre, is 38 km away. 126 m above sea level. 38 km away: Okhtyrka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,129. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Суми, 58 km. 12.87 m between rows, pitch 16.64 m (latitude 50.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,128kWh/year
Tilt
38°1° east of south
10 kW
11,282kWh/year
Row pitch
16.64m · 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: Pozhnia

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Суми, 58 km: snow 1,670 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

42Jan59Feb90Mar116Apr140May143Jun145Jul143Aug112Sep77Oct37Nov24Dec

July: 145 kWh/kWp, December: 24 — 6.0 times less.

January: 42 against 36 in the oblast, 16.7% more.

Pozhnia: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,641725120
1011,2821,450240
1516,9232,175360

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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Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.