Solar plant: site data

Solar power plant in Kovalivka, Kolomyiskyi Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Kovalivka: 1,110 kWh per kWp a year, tilt 39° 2° east of south (PVGIS). 1.2% above the oblast median (1,097). #139 of 154 in the rayon, #185 of 700 in the oblast.

Kolomyia, the rayon centre, is 10 km away. 352 m above sea level. 10 km away: Kolomyia, the nearest bigger centre, 1,120 — 0.8% less here. Snow and wind from the nearest regional centre in the DBN — Івано-Франківськ, 58 km. 11.26 m between rows, pitch 14.98 m (latitude 48.4°).

Yield of 1 kWp
1,110kWh/year
Tilt
39°2° east of south
10 kW
11,103kWh/year
Row pitch
14.98m · GCR 0.32
T_min
-38 °Cregion IIIA, Carpathian
Snow S₀ / wind W₀
1,410 / 500Pa

Ground frame designer

A ground frame for a solar plant: Kovalivka

The designer opens with this place’s coordinates, latitude 48.4° for the row spacing and the DBN loads of the nearest regional centre — Івано-Франківськ, 58 km: snow 1,410 Pa, wind 500 Pa.

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  • Snow and wind check
  • Drawings and estimate

Yield by month

53Jan64Feb95Mar110Apr121May119Jun130Jul127Aug107Sep88Oct53Nov43Dec

July: 130 kWh/kWp, December: 43 — 3.0 times less.

January: 53 against 46 in the oblast, 15.2% more.

Kovalivka: plants, kWh
kWpA yearJulyDecember
55,552650215
1011,1031,300430
1516,6551,950645

Snow and wind: Івано-Франківськ

Example: a 10 kW ground frame

For the loads of Ivano-Frankivsk: 11.16 kWp, 18 panels, 410 kg of steel, 16 piles, materials ≈ 54,212 UAH.

The whole frame: drawing, BOM, checks

How these numbers are computed

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Preliminary calculation: a design needs an engineer’s check.