Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Rubany, Okhtyrskyi Raion, Sumy Oblast

Rubany: 1,133 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 2.1% above the oblast median (1,110). #33 of 187 in the rayon, #34 of 1534 in the oblast.

Okhtyrka, the rayon centre, is 19 km away. 151 m above sea level. 16 km away: Kotelva, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,138. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Полтава, 69 km. 12.28 m between rows, pitch 16.10 m (latitude 50.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,133kWh/year
Tilt
37°1° east of south
10 kW
11,331kWh/year
Row pitch
16.10m · GCR 0.30
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,450 / 470Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Rubany

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Полтава, 69 km: snow 1,450 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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

Yield by month

39Jan58Feb95Mar116Apr139May142Jun146Jul144Aug113Sep79Oct37Nov24Dec

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

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

Rubany: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,666730120
1011,3311,460240
1516,9972,190360

Snow and wind: Полтава

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Poltava: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 389 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 52,358 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.