Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Varachyne, Sumskyi Raion, Sumy Oblast

Varachyne: 1,112 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 2° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,110). #233 of 466 in the rayon, #629 of 1534 in the oblast.

Sumy, the rayon centre, is 26 km away. 204 m above sea level. 26 km away: Sumy, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,117. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Суми, 27 km. 13.55 m between rows, pitch 17.32 m (latitude 51.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,112kWh/year
Tilt
38°2° east of south
10 kW
11,119kWh/year
Row pitch
17.32m · GCR 0.28
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,670 / 420Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Varachyne

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 51.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Суми, 27 km: snow 1,670 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

38Jan60Feb97Mar114Apr138May143Jun142Jul139Aug108Sep75Oct34Nov23Dec

June: 143 kWh/kWp, December: 23 — 6.2 times less.

January: 38 against 36 in the oblast, 5.6% more.

Varachyne: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,560715115
1011,1191,430230
1516,6792,145345

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.