Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Podvirne, Dnistrovskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast

Podvirne: 1,153 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° facing south (PVGIS). 0.9% above the oblast median (1,143). #39 of 113 in the rayon, #127 of 422 in the oblast.

Kelmentsi, the rayon centre, is 24 km away. 168 m above sea level. 24 km away: Kelmentsi, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,148. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 50 km. 10.67 m between rows, pitch 14.49 m (latitude 48.3°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,153kWh/year
Tilt
37°facing south
10 kW
11,529kWh/year
Row pitch
14.49m · GCR 0.33
T_min
-38 °Cregion IIIA, Carpathian
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,320 / 500Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Podvirne

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.3° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Чернівці, 50 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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

Yield by month

42Jan56Feb98Mar120Apr135May134Jun143Jul140Aug117Sep88Oct45Nov35Dec

July: 143 kWh/kWp, December: 35 — 4.1 times less.

January: 42 against 45 in the oblast, 6.7% less.

Podvirne: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,765715175
1011,5291,430350
1517,2942,145525

Snow and wind: Чернівці

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Chernivtsi: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 412 kg of steel, 16 piles, materials ≈ 54,638 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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