Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Vodolahy, Sumskyi Raion, Sumy Oblast

Vodolahy: 1,112 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,110). #224 of 466 in the rayon, #613 of 1534 in the oblast.

Sumy, the rayon centre, is 30 km away. 189 m above sea level. 30 km away: Sumy, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,117. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Суми, 31 km. 13.60 m between rows, pitch 17.37 m (latitude 51.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,112kWh/year
Tilt
38°1° east of south
10 kW
11,122kWh/year
Row pitch
17.37m · 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: Vodolahy

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 51.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Суми, 31 km: snow 1,670 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

39Jan61Feb97Mar114Apr138May143Jun142Jul139Aug108Sep74Oct34Nov23Dec

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

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

Vodolahy: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,561715115
1011,1221,430230
1516,6832,145345

Snow and wind: Суми

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Sumy: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 385 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 51,876 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.