Structural diagram of the support of a solar power station

How do I design a 60 MW solar farm and substation?

We will design a 60 MW solar farm and substation by selecting appropriate parts and land, and then decide the most cost-effective way to combine and set up the farm. This consists of appropriately sizing solar panels, combiner boxes, and inverters, as well as necessary parts for the substation.

Can a solar array support structure withstand a wind load?

Even fixed solar array support structures have sofisticated design, that needs to be analyzed and often improved in order to withstand the wind load. The same applies of course to adjustable designs to an even greater extend. The analysis has to be carried out for many wind directions.

How long do solar panel support structures last?

International regulations as well as the competition between industries define that they must withstand the enormous loads that result from air velocities over 120 km/h. Furthermore, they must have a life expectancy of more than 20 years. In this paper, the analysis of two different design approaches of solar panel support structures is presented.

What decisions did you make about the design of your solar farm?

Some of the important decisions we made about the design of our solar farm were the wattage of the solar panels, the location we would build the solar farm, and the location of the inverters and skids with respect to the solar panels. So far, we have designated an initial layout of the panels, combiner boxes, and inverter skids.

What are solar layout drawings?

The solar layout drawings are 2D models that will be created in excel to give an easier-to-understand example of our project. The solar panel string sizing is a part of the same equipment sizing calculation excel file as above and will help with knowing how to finish the 2-D model.

How do solar panels work?

The general layout of a solar array is strings of solar panels connected in parallel, forming racks, which are then linked into combiner boxes. The combiner box outputs are then fed into inverters, which connect to the transformer and into the power grid.