Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Vikno, Chernivetskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast

Vikno: 1,132 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 37° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 0.9% below the oblast median (1,143). #175 of 215 in the rayon, #297 of 422 in the oblast.

Chernivtsi, the rayon centre, is 31 km away. 194 m above sea level. 11 km away: Zastavna, the nearest bigger centre, the same 1,131. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Чернівці, 31 km. 10.88 m between rows, pitch 14.70 m (latitude 48.6°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,132kWh/year
Tilt
37°2° east of south
10 kW
11,322kWh/year
Row pitch
14.70m · 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: Vikno

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.6° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Чернівці, 31 km: snow 1,320 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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

Yield by month

44Jan58Feb96Mar118Apr131May130Jun139Jul136Aug114Sep87Oct45Nov34Dec

July: 139 kWh/kWp, December: 34 — 4.1 times less.

December: 34 against 37 in the oblast, 8.1% less.

Vikno: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,661695170
1011,3221,390340
1516,9832,085510

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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