Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Zhuravne, Okhtyrskyi Raion, Sumy Oblast

Zhuravne: 1,134 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 4° east of south (PVGIS). 2.2% above the oblast median (1,110). #30 of 187 in the rayon, #31 of 1534 in the oblast.

Okhtyrka, the rayon centre, is 12 km away. 108 m above sea level. 12 km away: Okhtyrka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,129. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Суми, 74 km. 12.32 m between rows, pitch 16.14 m (latitude 50.2°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,134kWh/year
Tilt
37°4° east of south
10 kW
11,336kWh/year
Row pitch
16.14m · GCR 0.30
T_min
-40 °Cregion I, north-western
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,670 / 420Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Zhuravne

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 50.2° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Суми, 74 km: snow 1,670 Pa, wind 420 Pa.

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

Yield by month

39Jan60Feb97Mar116Apr139May141Jun145Jul144Aug114Sep79Oct36Nov24Dec

July: 145 kWh/kWp, December: 24 — 6.0 times less.

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

Zhuravne: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,668725120
1011,3361,450240
1517,0042,175360

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.