Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Zirka, Melitopolskyi Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Zirka: 1,248 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 36° 1° east of south (PVGIS). 3.0% above the oblast median (1,212). #68 of 215 in the rayon, #104 of 972 in the oblast.

Melitopol, the rayon centre, is 49 km away. 26 m above sea level. 26 km away: Yakymivka, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,243. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Запоріжжя, 145 km. 9.28 m between rows, pitch 13.15 m (latitude 46.5°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,248kWh/year
Tilt
36°1° east of south
10 kW
12,480kWh/year
Row pitch
13.15m · GCR 0.36
T_min
-42 °Cregion II, south-eastern
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,110 / 460Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Zirka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 46.5° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Запоріжжя, 145 km: snow 1,110 Pa, wind 460 Pa.

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

Yield by month

43Jan59Feb105Mar125Apr146May144Jun152Jul153Aug129Sep98Oct56Nov37Dec

August: 153 kWh/kWp, December: 37 — 4.1 times less.

January: 43 against 37 in the oblast, 16.2% more.

Zirka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearAugustDecember
56,240765185
1012,4801,530370
1518,7202,295555

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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