Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Sofiivka, Zaporizkyi Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Sofiivka: 1,184 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° facing south (PVGIS). 2.3% below the oblast median (1,212). #255 of 286 in the rayon, #871 of 972 in the oblast.

Zaporizhzhya, the rayon centre, is 66 km away. 82 m above sea level. 8 km away: Novomykolayivka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,188. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 65 km. 10.23 m between rows, pitch 14.10 m (latitude 48.0°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,184kWh/year
Tilt
36°facing south
10 kW
11,841kWh/year
Row pitch
14.10m · GCR 0.34
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,110 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Sofiivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.0° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 65 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

36Jan55Feb95Mar117Apr139May143Jun151Jul151Aug124Sep93Oct50Nov29Dec

July: 151 kWh/kWp, December: 29 — 5.2 times less.

December: 29 against 32 in the oblast, 9.4% less.

Sofiivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,921755145
1011,8411,510290
1517,7622,265435

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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