Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Balkove, Polohivskyi Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Balkove: 1,218 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 0.5% above the oblast median (1,212). #21 of 249 in the rayon, #352 of 972 in the oblast.

Polohy, the rayon centre, is 51 km away. 55 m above sea level. 46 km away: Melitopol, the nearest bigger centre, 1,243 — 2.0% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 94 km. 9.64 m between rows, pitch 13.51 m (latitude 47.1°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,218kWh/year
Tilt
36°1° east of south
10 kW
12,182kWh/year
Row pitch
13.51m · GCR 0.35
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,110 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Balkove

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 47.1° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 94 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

40Jan58Feb101Mar121Apr141May142Jun150Jul152Aug127Sep98Oct57Nov34Dec

August: 152 kWh/kWp, December: 34 — 4.5 times less.

January: 40 against 37 in the oblast, 8.1% more.

Balkove: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
56,091760170
1012,1821,520340
1518,2732,280510

Snow and wind: Запоріжжя

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Zaporizhzhia: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 372 kg of steel, 12 piles, materials ≈ 49,705 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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