Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Sholudky, Okhtyrskyi Raion, Sumy Oblast

Sholudky: 1,130 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.9% above the oblast median (1,110). #85 of 187 in the rayon, #93 of 1534 in the oblast.

Okhtyrka, the rayon centre, is 24 km away. 187 m above sea level. 16 km away: Zinkiv, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,127. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Полтава, 74 km. 12.33 m between rows, pitch 16.15 m (latitude 50.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,130kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,302kWh/year
Row pitch
16.15m · 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: Sholudky

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Полтава, 74 km: snow 1,450 Pa, wind 470 Pa.

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

Yield by month

38Jan57Feb94Mar116Apr140May142Jun145Jul144Aug113Sep79Oct37Nov23Dec

July: 145 kWh/kWp, December: 23 — 6.3 times less.

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

Sholudky: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,651725115
1011,3021,450230
1516,9532,175345

Snow and wind: Полтава

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Poltava: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 363 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 54,473 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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