Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Zhuravka, Sumskyi Raion, Sumy Oblast

Zhuravka: 1,109 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 38° 1° east of south (PVGIS). Exactly the oblast median (1,110). #282 of 466 in the rayon, #807 of 1534 in the oblast.

Sumy, the rayon centre, is 36 km away. 163 m above sea level. 36 km away: Sumy, the nearest bigger centre, 1,117 — 0.8% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Суми, 37 km. 13.65 m between rows, pitch 17.42 m (latitude 51.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,109kWh/year
Tilt
38°1° east of south
10 kW
11,086kWh/year
Row pitch
17.42m · GCR 0.27
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,670 / 420Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Zhuravka

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, 37 km: snow 1,670 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

36Jan58Feb98Mar114Apr139May143Jun143Jul139Aug108Sep74Oct34Nov22Dec

June: 143 kWh/kWp, December: 22 — 6.5 times less.

December: 22 against 23 in the oblast, 4.3% less.

Zhuravka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJuneDecember
55,543715110
1011,0861,430220
1516,6292,145330

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.